> > [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.) [Case] I merely meant to highlight That the rush of wind, The rising breast of Gaia The kinesthetic sense of falling Do somehow cause The scream, The fist, The squint, Our choices are Constrained by circumstance. We act with the tools we have inherited. We act based on what we have experienced before. We act based on what is present in the here and now. Those are the three 'causes' Of the "Behavior of Organisms". 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/
