Hi Ham,
> Steve: >> >> Do you see this "power to choose" as the possession of man >> but not other animals? > Ham: > Yes I do, Steve. I suppose a case can be made for "intentional behavior" on > the part of highly developed cerebrates. However, my personal view is that > animal "preferences" are largely determined by instinct, which supports > Nature's law of survival. Steve: How is the preference in intellectual preferences different in kind from biological preferences? I can't simply decide by force of will to prefer 2+2=5 over 2+2=4 any more than I can will myself not to bleed when stabbed through the heart. 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
