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I seem to have misunderstood your post (and possibly conflated it with others). I thought you were arguing that "free will" was a third possibility, distinct fr
by aninhumer 13y ago
I seem to have misunderstood your post (and possibly conflated it with others). I thought you were arguing that "free will" was a third possibility, distinct from a deterministic or probabilistic universe.
I am entirely happy to accept that free will is compatible with determinism, and it sounds like we have similar views on this issue. Personally I consider ownership of "will" to be a far more important notion than that of some abstract metaphysical "freedom".
- benpbenp 13y agoProbably due to my sloppiness, let me try to sort it out... Free-will is a third possibility opposed to determinism of choice and pure randomness of choice. But it is compatible with a either a deterministic or a probabilistic universe.
- eevilspock 13y agoI'm still confused by your point. "Because by his free-will man moves himself to act" seems to beg the question. Which direction does a woman act? I'm assuming her actions are determined by "who she is". If not, what are we referring by "her". My choice of the feminine above was a choice, but not one everyone would make. So how could it be anything but determined by who I am?