On Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:00:17 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > On 3/9/2013 2:36 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > "Determinism is the philosophical idea that every event or state of > affairs, including every human decision and action, is the inevitable and > necessary consequence of antecedent states of affairs. " - > > > Including hearing the shout "Stop!" Note that it doesn't say "antecedent > state of brain ten seconds earlier". >
In a deterministic universe, why would the event of someone shouting at a thief have more of an effect than someone shouting at a rock? Craig > Brent > > > http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/determinism.html > > Craig > > > On Saturday, March 9, 2013 5:27:23 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: >> >> On 3/9/2013 2:23 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: >> >> In a deterministic universe, a person who is determined to steal a car >> will steal it regardless of whether someone yells at them. >> >> >> I don't think you know what "deterministic" means (hint: it doesn't mean >> resolved). >> >> Brent >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-li...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to everyth...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6156 - Release Date: 03/08/13 > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
