On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I agree free-will is silly if it is defined like that. So let us try a > less silly definition. So instead of "was exactly the same" in your > definition, we can use "was exactly the same from the subject point of > view". > OK. > In that case, if the subject was aware of not having all information, he > might consistently think that he could have done otherwise, because he was > hesitating for example, as far as he can remember. > It depends on what we mean by "could". If we mean that "I would have done otherwise because I could have done otherwise", I still think that belief in free-will is silly. If the subject was aware of not having all information and yet he did what he did, why would the subject think (later) that he could have done otherwise? > > Bruno > > http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
