On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 6:55 AM, John Mikes <jami...@gmail.com> wrote: > Stathis, semantics is a fundamental principle as long as we 'talk in wordly > terms'. Did you get a letter from God Almighty confirming that there is > nothing more FOR DECISIONMAKING than your brain and your environment? Sorry > to denigrate a term within your profession, but we know close to nothing > about mentality, thinking in topical terms, even THAT DARN 'decisionmaking'. > It may not be strictly deterministic, we MAY have SOME choice (all these > words from the 'pseudo' domain) but how impressive those (so far unknowable) > domains(?) or factors do influence "our brain(?)" has not been known as of > yesterday. > > (I am still hung up on your use of the number of people you are: > "...if my actions are determined by my brain and my environment..." > who is the 'you' discussing with 'your brain'? Are you compatible with you? > but that is an old hat).
Other than brain and environment, what else is there? As for choice and determinism: I do exactly what I want to do, and if I wanted do something else, I would do that. I consider that choice, whether my behaviour is determined or random. In fact, I don't see what "choice" could possibly mean if not this. -- 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.
