On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote:
*>> saying you have "compatibilist free-will" is just a euphemism for >> saying you are deterministic. * > > > *It's more that "just" deterministic. It's the recognition that there is > a difference between determined by others thru coercion and determined by > ones own experience and genetics as encoded in ones brain. * > *That sounds like plain old determinism to me! And it certainly doesn't change the fact that you did what you did for a reason OR you did NOT do what you did for a reason. You're either a roulette wheel or a cuckoo clock. Are you actually claiming that the **compatibilist are saying something profound and are not just mouthing silly platitudes?! * *> You may not like it, but the concept is also important legally in > deciding who is responsible for injuries. * > *T**he law in certain places may claim it's important but that doesn't change the fact that free will is incoherent gibberish, it certainly wouldn't be the first legal idea that was. * > *> So it's not just some philosophical word game.* > *Sure sounds like a word game to me and you have provided me no reason to think otherwise. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* *6r8* > -- 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/CAJPayv10f1HfgzbeevW0ypjTkVQLwXrn4Vd2S-7Lmnhq7s4eTQ%40mail.gmail.com.
