> > > > And either there was a reason you chose that action rather than another in > which case you're a cuckoo clock, or there was no reason you chose that > action rather than another in which case you're a roulette wheel. Where > does this thing called "free will" enter the picture? Forget figuring out > if we have it or not, just tell me what it is supposed to mean. I don't > think it means anything, I think it's an idea so bad it's not even wrong. > > Everything in common usage in the vernacular means something (i.e. it has semantic utility). I already gave one common and useful definition and you are welcome to check the OED for more. If you don't like it then you don't like the English language which I can do nothing about.
>> I can't prove there is not a teapot in orbit around the planet Uranus > either, but there's no reason to think there is one and there are plenty > of reasons to suspect there is not. > This is exactly the difference between a reasonable assumption and proof. Unfortunately we find people not properly trained in philosophy stating things as proofs when they are anything but. > lnb > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv29e5%3DjUbLL4cDrdjy-f3bmU7qjBCejYFXqczN3K%2BXTtw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv29e5%3DjUbLL4cDrdjy-f3bmU7qjBCejYFXqczN3K%2BXTtw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAHWbU%3DYcWti5ezUyxLGu9NsLDQ5tLHF%2BMWXkDNC0a8Y6d%3DNDhA%40mail.gmail.com.
