On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The complete interview is accessible at > http://reason.com/archives/2003/05/01/pulling-our-own-strings. > > http://reason.com/archives/2003/05/01/pulling-our-own-strings. > > Good antidote to the view that thoughts "just come to us".
Having read the entire interview with Dennett, I see know incompatibility with his views and mine nor with his, Harris's, and Pirsig's with regard to free will. Like Pirsig, Dennett denies the usual understanding of free will as a metaphysical "chooser" standing behind the brain and reformulates the issue of freedom as a "freedom to" rather than a "freedom from" put in opposition to determinism. Likewise he sees responsibility not as an issue of control but of the capability to reflect to aid in making make good decisions. Craig, I must have missed the part where he said the we are indeed the author of our thoughts. If you still think so, I suggest you try sitting for a good half hour and will yourself to not think about anything at all during that half hour. As your thought come unbidden anyway, then ask yourself where these thoughts come from. 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
