----- Original Message ----- From: "Case" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Quick one: causation
> > [Chris] > > Allright, answer me this, just quickly - why can't the explanation of > > a performed action by an individual be explained only in terms of > > physical causation? > > [mel] > If your parachute doesn't open > it's pretty much down to gravity... > > [Case] > But what about what's still up to you? > Do you scream or shake your fist > Are your eyes shut? > Or do you squint in wonder > Through the rushing air? > What thoughts flit through your mind, > As Mother Earth pulls you to her breast? mel: I read the question as trying to find some action, physically, that could be reduced as closely as possible to the physical. All I could come up with was the kinetic, so I guess I'd have to add that the 'you' in the example is comatose. Otherwise, there are always higher level involvements, as far as I can figure. (Of course the specific delimitations and assumptions of the question are opaque.) thanks--mel > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
