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It doesn't matter that our decisions are predetermined. We experience the process of considering option, making choices and taking action, as if they were autonomous. We judge our own and one another's actions as if those actions were the result of free will; as if our judgment and reaction were no...

hi as, and thanks.

i'm inclined to believe in determinism because logic dictates it. no one can deny the [appearance of the] existence of order in the universe - why not? what if order comes out of chance - is that order or chance? , which necessitates the existence of causation. only strict cause and effect can prod...

HexHammer wrote:This is pure nonsense and babble, it has nothing to do what shrinks and other scientists thinks about "free will".

Go get a clue.

thank you for your insight.

Impenitent wrote:without freewill there is no responsibility

-Imp

precisely.

Skip wrote:Thought experiment:
See how long you can go without making a decision.

(Reaching for the channel commander counts as a decision! So does standing up to go to the bathroom.)

we make plenty of decisions, but we have absolutely no true choice in making those "decisions".

How do you think that belief in determinism would affect people's (your) decision making? How do your think that belief in free-will would affect people's decision making? belief in determinism can affect "decision making" in many ways; i can think of some if necessary. belief in freewill...

@ skip; please tolerate the fact that i don't use capitals; consider it a quirk.

@ skip,

i guess searching for cures to countless illnesses, is also futile, because we "cannot capture [them] on film or confine [them] in a cage, the idea of their existence excites a great deal of totally futile debate."

i'm inclined to believe in determinism because logic dictates it. no one can deny the existence of order in the universe, which necessitates the existence of causation. only strict cause and effect can produce order. the existence of -any- randomness is not only impossible, but would only lead to in...

God wrote:'Existence of God'? I'm here! That's one you can strike off your list...
Welcome alpha.

thanks for the welcome.

i hope you're not as cruel and unjust as the real "god".

hi guys. thanks for the welcome, and hinder away.

hi everyone. i'm here to debate some philosophical issues; freewill vs determinism, purpose of existence, existence of "god", existence of universal justice & wisdom, afterlife, etc... maybe make some friends along the way.

take care everyone.