The missing agent of materialism

2012-10-12 Thread Roger Clough
Hi John Clark IMHO everything that happens happens for a reason. The reason can be physical or IMHO mental. The former is not free will, the latter has some possibility of being free to some extent, that is to say, to be self-intentioned. My claim is that self-intentioned acts are the products

Re: The missing agent of materialism

2012-10-12 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, October 12, 2012 8:15:42 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: Hi John Clark IMHO everything that happens happens for a reason. The reason can be physical or IMHO mental. Ok, but why are there any 'reasons' to begin with? If there can be reasons which did not exist before, then

Re: Re: The missing agent of materialism

2012-10-12 Thread Roger Clough
: Craig Weinberg Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-10-12, 08:56:38 Subject: Re: The missing agent of materialism On Friday, October 12, 2012 8:15:42 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: Hi John Clark IMHO everything that happens happens for a reason. The reason can be physical or IMHO mental

Re: The missing agent of materialism

2012-10-12 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 , Roger Clough rclo...@verizon.net wrote: IMHO everything that happens happens for a reason. Opinions, humble or otherwise, really don't count for much, the universe will continue doing what it is doing regardless of your opinion; and modern physics tells us that it is