On Jun 4, 10:37 pm, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If it doesn't make sense to you then you can append "pseudo-" whenever > >> you talk about deciding something or having free will. We make > >> pseudo-decisions and have pseudo-free will. People who make bad > >> pseudo-decisions get into trouble; I did it against my pseudo-will > >> because he held a gun to my head; and so on. > > > If it's causally efficacious (gets real people into real trouble) the > > it can't be pseudo. > > An automatic pilot has pseudo-free will according to you but it is > still causally efficacious.
An automatic pilot has no will. It's just a program implemented technologically. Its causal efficacy is second hand by way of being designed by people who have free will. > However, if your argument is now that if > it's causally efficacious it is real then not pseudo, then that's fine > too - and compatible with determinism. The name describes what it is - automatic pilot: A prosthetic extension of consensus skills derived from the senses and motives of human pilots. Craig -- 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.
