On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM Bruce Kellett <[email protected]> wrote:
* >> 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"?* > *To humor you I just asked Google about and it said it said compatibilism "suggests that our actions can be both caused by prior events (determinism) and still be considered free". So just as I suspected, that definition is neither coherent nor useful. * > > *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.* > *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* wb6 qjx -- 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/CAJPayv09E-2EH28-WrD7YeSMQsn1hjFMOgugS9abODYP%2Bhvv1Q%40mail.gmail.com.
