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Re: Why Free Will and Determinism are not Related     

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Author: Wordsmith
Date: Feb 28, 2007 10:49

... The most powerful computer imaginable, could not perfectly predict its own behaviour. This... then predicting our own future is not a question of having enough knowledge,...the decisions we may or may not make, can affect the decisions we...person deciding is concerned. Whether or not that's a satisfying definition of.... The why of the nonrelatability of free will and determinism can be...
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Author: darwinist
Date: Mar 11, 2007 18:30

...will may be causally determined (or may not), but putting time...deciding is concerned. That is not a bad discussion. Now you...feel about free will. Can someone point out why it is...4) Thus, since we do not control what thoughts we have...that controlling my thoughts? In relation to your point (2), it...an interesting realization. I'm not saying I'm correct on...
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Author: Aaron
Date: Mar 9, 2007 02:59

... will may be causally determined (or may not), but putting time...deciding is concerned. That is not a bad discussion. Now you...feel about free will. Can someone point out why it is...that controlling my thoughts? In relation to your point (2), it...is someones actual definition of "free will"? If it is along...an interesting realization. I'm not saying I'm correct on...
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Author: darwinist
Date: Mar 8, 2007 20:54

... will may be causally determined (or may not), but putting time ... deciding is concerned. That is not a bad discussion. Now you ...> feel about free will. Can someone point out why it is ... of thought (3) Thoughts do not arise from anything, rather they ... that controlling my thoughts? In relation to your point (2), it ... processing of thought. Are we not making decisions of our own ...
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Author: galathaea
Date: Mar 8, 2007 19:42

... The most powerful computer imaginable, could not perfectly predict its own behaviour. This is ...> Our will may be causally determined (or may not), but putting time and ... I feel about free will. Can someone point out why it is not so ...'s heads these days deterministic theories are not necessarily very predictable so if "free"dom in freewill means predictability then there ...
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Author: galathaea
Date: Mar 8, 2007 19:40

... The most powerful computer imaginable, could not perfectly predict its own behaviour. This is ...> Our will may be causally determined (or may not), but putting time and ... I feel about free will. Can someone point out why it is not so ...'s heads these days deterministic theories are not necessarily very predictable so if "free"dom in freewill means predictability then there ...
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Author: Publius
Date: Mar 8, 2007 19:29

... feel about free will. Can someone point out why it is not so cut and ...post of mine: -------------- The will is free (in the ordinary sense of "...basis of those internal factors. Construing "free will" to be the thesis that... as vacuous as metaphysical determinism. It is not only unprovable, but ... with the ordinary understanding of "free will." -------------- The problem is with ...
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Author: Aaron
Date: Mar 8, 2007 19:12

...most powerful computer imaginable, could not perfectly predict its own behaviour...predicting our own future is not a question of having enough...decisions we may or may not make, can affect the decisions...will may be causally determined (or may not), but putting time...deciding is concerned. That is not a bad discussion. Now you...feel about free will. Can someone point out why it is...
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Author: Leon2
Date: Feb 28, 2007 06:41

Publius schreef: It still is unpredictable (spontaneous) without losing the character of determinism. If you give up predictability then you give up determinism. There is no need to give up universal causality also. You can retain the dictum "Every event has a cause" as a...
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Feb 27, 2007 10:21

...The most powerful computer imaginable, could not perfectly predict its own behaviour. ...Our will may be causally determined (or may not), but putting time and...person deciding is concerned. Whether or not that's a satisfying definition of...the environment, interact. (goofy example huh?) Free will is an personalized interaction in... are in some way closely related to the combined areas of ...
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