On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 7:34 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote:
> >> > The answer must be relative to our (imperfect) knowledge. Since that > knowledge is not sufficient to predict what he would do, we say "Yes, he > could have done otherwise." In the same way we may say, "I know him well > and he's not a person to rob a bank." We may believe the world is > deterministic and yet still unpredictable, so when you ask "could" we need > to think in what sense it is meant. > > I completely agree. It's not clear what we mean by "could" in this case (in the same sense that it's not clear what is meant by free-will). That is why I'm trying to reformulate the question as "if you were put again in exactly the same subjective situation, do you think you would do otherwise?" Brent > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
