Hi Ham, On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Ham Priday <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marsha (Steve quoted) -- > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 6:13 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Isn't free will dependent on causation, and isn't causation, >> in the MoQ, an explanatory extension of a pattern? > > [Steve]: >> >> Yes, causation is understood as a stable pattern of preference, >> B routinely values precondition A. Further, B literally IS a set >> of such preferences. > > [Marsha, on 5/1]: >> >> I un-ask the question. Wherever those preferences lie, >> they do not inherently exist. > > Whoa! Hold on there, Marsha. You have a valid point that deserves a better > answer than Steve provided. The causation argument is superficial at best, > besides which cause-and-effect is only man's way of interpreting events as > sequential in time. As a consequence, you have been led to the depressing > conclusion that preference is deterministic....
Steve: Marsha and I were discussing the MOQ. Best, Steve 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/md/archives.html
