On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 10:22 AM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> My definition: free will is when you're not sure you're going to do > something until you've done it. > > > > So if carefully weigh my options and decide on one it's not free will? I'd > say free will is making any choice that is not coerced by another agent. Even if you carefully weigh your options you have the feeling that you could change your mind at the last option. However, I didn't want to argue about the definition. The point I was making is that different people can legitimately differ on how they define it, so that depending on the definition it is or isn't compatible with determinism. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
