Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-30 Thread Quentin Anciaux
2013/3/30 John Clark johnkcl...@gmail.com On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.comwrote: So if somebody else prevents me from doing what I want then I lack free will, No, you just lack the ability to exercise it. In other words you can't do what you want to

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, March 30, 2013 1:30:46 AM UTC-4, John Clark wrote: On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.com javascript:wrote: Free will is intentionally favoring some set of sensory preferences So I have free will if I have intentionality and I have intentionality if I have

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-30 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:06:10 AM UTC-4, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/3/30 John Clark johnk...@gmail.com javascript: On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Quentin Anciaux allc...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: So if somebody else prevents me from doing what I want then I lack free

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-29 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Friday, March 29, 2013 3:43:09 AM UTC-4, Quentin Anciaux wrote: 2013/3/29 John Clark johnk...@gmail.com javascript: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:55 PM, meekerdb meek...@verizon.netjavascript: wrote: I exercise my free will when I make a choice without being coerced. If you

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-29 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Quentin Anciaux allco...@gmail.com wrote: So if somebody else prevents me from doing what I want then I lack free will, No, you just lack the ability to exercise it. In other words you can't do what you want to do. So tell me again what the free will noise

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-29 Thread John Clark
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: Free will is intentionally favoring some set of sensory preferences So I have free will if I have intentionality and I have intentionality if I have free will. Did you learn that from astrology or numerology or by examining the

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-28 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:55 PM, meekerdb meeke...@verizon.net wrote: I exercise my free will when I make a choice without being coerced. If you alter your path to avoid walking face first into a brick wall has the wall coerced you to do so, or more precisely have the photons that entered

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: DanieL Dennett believes that free will is compatible with determinism. He doesn't like it when people define free will in such a way as to make it impossible. Well, I didn't say he was perfect, but at least he

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:34:58 AM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: DanieL Dennett believes that free will is compatible with determinism. He doesn't like it when people define free will in such a way as

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-26 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: I also have a very simple and straightforward idea of free will: I exercise my free will when I make a choice without being coerced. I never said that the laws of physics deny the possibility of free will, but free

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-26 Thread Jason Resch
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.comwrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: DanieL Dennett believes that free will is compatible with determinism. He doesn't like it when people define free will in such a way

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-26 Thread John Clark
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com wrote: I exercise my free will when I make a choice without being coerced. If you alter your path to avoid walking face first into a brick wall has the wall coerced you to do so, or more precisely have the photons that entered your

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-26 Thread meekerdb
On 3/26/2013 9:32 AM, John Clark wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 Stathis Papaioannou stath...@gmail.com mailto:stath...@gmail.com wrote: I exercise my free will when I make a choice without being coerced. If you alter your path to avoid walking face first into a brick wall has the wall

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-26 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:15:29 AM UTC-4, Jason wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:34 AM, Stathis Papaioannou stat...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: DanieL Dennett believes that free will is

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-25 Thread Stathis Papaioannou
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Craig Weinberg whatsons...@gmail.com wrote: CJ Can you tell me of a case of greedy reductionism that's angered you? DD I haven't been angered but I have been frustrated by some neuroscientists who say we do not have free will and in some cases this position

Re: My estimation of Daniel Dennett continues to improve

2013-03-25 Thread Craig Weinberg
On Monday, March 25, 2013 8:44:24 PM UTC-4, stathisp wrote: On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Craig Weinberg whats...@gmail.comjavascript: wrote: CJ Can you tell me of a case of greedy reductionism that's angered you? DD I haven't been angered but I have been frustrated by