On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:20 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > If they are "rational agents" then it's rational and if it's rational > then there is a reason behind it and if there is a reason behind it then > it's deterministic. > > > That's not logically the case. People who believe in 'free will' think > the reason is in front of it, > In front of it? I don't know what that means and I would bet money you don't either. It sounds good though as long as you don't examine it. > the reason for posting this is to communicate. > You wish to communicate your ideas, and there is a reason for this desire (maybe genes maybe environment probably both), or maybe there is no reason for this desire and is thus random. > A random event could satisfy the 'efficient physical cause' but they rule > out random events as inconsistent with obviously purposeful decisions and > actions. > So fans of the "free will" noise think purposeful events, things that happen for a reason, are not random, that is to say they did not happen for no reason. Or to say the same thing with different words fans of the "free will" noise think random events are random and purposeful events are purposeful. Well, it may not be deep but at least it's true. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
