An intention is a desire in the form of thought, so is nonphysical, as are all of the processes of mind. In Leibniz's philosophy, intentions are essentially what L calls "appetites" in monads. They are goal-directed, following what Aristotle called "end causation", which are potential, pulling forces,characteristic of life, rather than the effective, acting or "pushing" forces characteristic of mechanics.
Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net 9/7/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-06, 11:38:19 Subject: Re: Sane2004 Step One On 9/5/2012 11:18 PM, Craig Weinberg wrote: Intention is not magic and doesn't need hypothetical permission to exist. If your words are random ricochets of quantum radioactive decay or thermodynamic anomalies, then they are meaningless noise. You can't account for them because any accounting you can produce with your fingertips is only the random twitchings of your nervous system. Your view that denies the very reality of intention that you employ to state your denial. The fact that you deny that it does shows me that you are only capable of framing the question in the one way that it can never be answered. Your view is to say, I choose to deny my ability to choose. No, that is a misconception. Simply because there is some randomness at a molecular level doesn't make the whole process noise. Or looked at another way the structure of you brain amplifies and shapes the noise and combines it with perception to produce your actions in a way that we recognize as constituting your consistent character. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
