On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: > > *>> a person either does something for a reason OR HE DOES NOT do it for a >>> reason, and therefore his actions were un-reasonable, AKA random.* >> >> >> *> Taking the first alternative, he does it for a reason and therefore >> his actions were reasonable, aka not random.* > > > *OK, then there was a reason, there was a cause for him doing what he did, > and the exact same thing would be true of the little birdie that pops out > of a cuckoo clock at certain times. * > > *>> I have no idea what "free-will", compatibilist or otherwise, means. * >> >> >> *> Then you should find out before condemning it.* > > > *Easier said than done! I've been asking people what they mean by "free > will" since I was thirteen and I have yet to receive an answer that is > both coherent and useful.* > So in all that time you have never learnt how to use a Google search on the word "compatibilism"? > *Compatibilist free-will is so called because it's compatible with >> determinism. It says you actions are determined by your perceptions, >> experience, genetics etc. * > > > *So saying you have "compatibilist free-will" is just a euphemism for > saying you are deterministic. C**ompatibilists have not changed my > opinion that **"free will" is best defined as a noise that some people > like to make with their mouth, or as the inability to know what the results > of a calculation will be until the calculation is finished. Although > neither definition is useful, both are at least coherent.* > -- 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/CAFxXSLRwT9mtpe%2B4Dcysv%2ByxQ3_Y565v54%3D03_A8Dv-NLbTtrQ%40mail.gmail.com.
