On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 01:01:10PM +0200, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > On 14 Aug 2012, at 12:30, Russell Standish wrote: > > > > >Assuming the coin is operating inside the agent's body? Why would that > >be considered non-free? > > In what sense would the choice be mine if it is random?
It is mine if the random generator is part of me. It is not mine if the generator is outside of me (eg flipping the coin). > It is like > letting someone else take the decision for you. I really don't see > how randomness is related to with free will (the compatibilist one). Compatibilism, ISTM, is the solution to a non-problem: How to reconcile free will with a deterministic universe. It is a non-problem, because the universe is not deterministic. (The multiverse is deterministic, of course, but that's another story). > > 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 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. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au 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 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.
