| Re: Question About Free Will Arguments |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: PubliusPublius Date: Feb 26, 2007 13:58
>> Philosophy, ethics and morals not based on pragmatism and empiricism,
>> but on nebulous (and even meaningless) concepts like free will is moot
>> anyway.
> Pragmatist and empiricist philosophy et al is just as 'nebulous' as
> the other, on this account. If everyone is saying, thinking, or doing
> only what his chemicals (or whatnot) are making him say, think, or do,
> then pragmatist and empiricist philosophies are nothing but what
> pragmatist and empiricist philosophers' chemicals have made them say,
> think, and do.
Odd, how often determinists overlook that fact. Determinism underlines not
only ethics, but argument itself. Que sera, sera.
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