On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 7:27 AM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:

>> You persist in saying that if the components of the system are
>> mechanistic then the system cannot control something. That is not the
>> way the phrase is normally used.
>
>
> What do you mean by 'control'? Can you define it?

"Control" can be defined less controversially than "free will". I
control something if I can determine its behaviour according to my
wishes.


-- 
Stathis Papaioannou

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