On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Russell Standish <[email protected]>wrote:
> But he[me] agrees and even proposes a compatibilist definition [of free >> will] >> > > > I'll let him speak to that, but its not the impression I get. > All I said was that the only definition of "free will" that is not gibberish is the inability to always know what you will do next even in a unchanging environment, the meaning is clear and its not self contradictory. I also said my definition was rarely used by anybody, is intellectually shallow, and has zero value; but even so that makes it vastly superior to any other definition of that two word phrase. John K Clark > > > >No, but it does need 1-randomness > > > > Imagine the iterated WM-duplication. Why would the resulting peoples > > have more free will than the same person not doing the experience? > > It seems to me that if a decision relies on a perfect coin, it is > > less "free" than if it relies on my partial self-indetermination, > > which itself is a deterministic process, although I cannot see it. > > > > Assuming the coin is operating inside the agent's body? Why would that > be considered non-free? > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders > Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] > University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > 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.
