I know, and MWI is perfectly compatible with it. Non-compatibilist free will is silly. Non-random, non-determined will is just bullshit.
Free will is a sentiment, nothing else. Quentin All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) Le dim. 6 juil. 2025, 21:29, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> a écrit : > > > On 7/6/2025 5:22 AM, Quentin Anciaux wrote: > > Bruce, > > No, not exactly. Compatibilism is just a sentiment. > > The idea of free will that is neither determined nor random is simply > silly. > > Compatibilist free will is deterministic. That's why it's compatible with > physical determinism. > > Brent > > > MWI is totally compatible with that. It just doesn't pretend to solve the > philosophical problem of free will, because nothing does. > > Quentin > > All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy > Batty/Rutger Hauer) > > Le dim. 6 juil. 2025, 13:53, Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> a > écrit : > >> On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM Quentin Anciaux <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Bruce, >>> >>> Free will in the strict sense is incoherent. If choices are determined, >>> they aren't free, and if they’re random, they aren't willed. >>> >> >> Self-location in a multiverse is just random, so there is no sense in >> which you freely choose anything. You still have made no connection with >> compatibilism in a single deterministic universe. >> >> Bruce >> >> It's just a subjective feeling of agency. >>> >>> MWI doesn't fix that paradox, it just avoids adding hidden conspiracies >>> to the physics. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/475aa821-d103-4b84-bcd4-35ade1cc1525%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/475aa821-d103-4b84-bcd4-35ade1cc1525%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAMW2kAocsvL7S0ADDYkVU82Gc3h%2BDDtNvSQcVa2SH%2B_%3DjoPhPw%40mail.gmail.com.
