On 12 Jun 2014, at 18:54, John Clark wrote:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]>
wrote:
> It [free will] is (simply) the will of a subject
I have no trouble understanding what "will" means, it's when "free"
is stuck in front of it that trouble arises.
I agree. Many times that prefix adds nothing, and I drop it from my
mind.
Free will is just the will, with an emphasis that it is supposed to be
used in a context with minimal coercion, and enough degrees of
"freedom".
> in a free (virtual or real) environment
According to your definition X has free will if and only if X is
completely unaffected by it's environment,
That does not follow from the definition. You have will in dream but
also when awake.
therefore a free neutron has free will because there is a 50% chance
it will decay in 10 minutes regardless of what its environment is as
long as its free of the nucleus. I on the other hand do not have
free will and I'm very very glad I do not, I find the information
from my eyes and ears quite helpful and I would not enjoy constantly
walking into walls.
Free-will or will are high level cognitive ability of machine having
enough introspective ability.
Bruno
John K Clark
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