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One can certainly also imagine a mix of both option, for example your preferences deterministically determine which options you consider but a random event dete
by danbruc 5y ago
One can certainly also imagine a mix of both option, for example your preferences deterministically determine which options you consider but a random event determines the choice you make. But that doesn't make a big difference, it's still a mix of predetermined and random things.
A third option would have to be a wild thing - a choice would have to neither depend on the state of the universe, i.e. be determined, nor be independent of the state of the universe, i.e. be random. I personally don't see any room for a third option but there are probably a lot of things you could try to poke holes into. Is the state of the universe a meaningful concept? How does it relate to time? Does true randomness exist?
- syki 5y agoI was thinking of the third option. I don’t have anything intelligent to say about that option but posed it as a possibility. I imagine that believing in the third option would roughly be equivalent to a religious belief. That is, one believes that option because the alternative is unpalatable.