On Jun 18, 6:03 pm, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/18/2012 9:36 AM, 1Z wrote: > > >>> About nc-free-will, I have not any idea (yet?) about what it could mean. > >>> I tend to agree > >>> > > with John on this. > > >> > It seems pretty clear. It's an ability to make decisions in a spirit > >> > realm and have them > >> > implemented in the physical realm. > > No: it;'s the ability to have made a difference but still rational > > decision under the > > same circumstances. > > What does 'same circumstances' mean? Does it mean the same physical state > down to the > lowest level, or does it just mean the same at the level of description of a > police report? > > Brent >
Good question. If you get very fine grained, then FW does start to look random or even "contra causal". I think for FW to be feasible we need to mean external circumstances but not internal states. I call that the doughnut theory. -- 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.
