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A state of mind that disposes one to various thoughts and behaviors. There doesn't seem to be any tension between belief and a lack of free will.
by hackinthebochs 3y ago
A state of mind that disposes one to various thoughts and behaviors. There doesn't seem to be any tension between belief and a lack of free will.
- qez2 3y agoThere is indeed a tension of one defines free will in terms of thoughts and behaviors.
- hackinthebochs 3y agoYou're going to have to spell it out because it's not obvious.
- qez2 3y ago[dead]
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 3y agoHow are arguments different from physical actions (for example what is the difference between telling someone something and applying electric shocks to them) in a world without free will? Aren’t they all purely physical stimuli that produce a certain response? I am sure an electric shock also produces a certain state of mind.
- hackinthebochs 3y agoWell, physical actions come in many different flavors. One of those flavors is beliefs, i.e. a particular neural configuration with a certain semantic relationship within its host and the outside world. E.g. one that disposes further relevant neural configurations and relevant behaviors. I don't see the problem.