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- Tue Dec 11, 2018 7:19 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Mind
- Topic: argument against free will
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10334
Re: argument against free will
No your example is not about free will but about deciding to do something... these are not the same thing. Free will requires no causal chain (determinism) and nothing you are saying, including colouring a letter orange, is outside that... you did that to try to prove a point: so for a reason not ra...
- Sun Nov 25, 2018 10:16 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1460
Re: John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
Hmm Im not sure Terence Green should be allowed to write anymore articles- thats five minutes of my life I wont get back... though I should have had the sense to stop at chummy really...
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 6:18 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Epicureanism: The Hobo Test
- Replies: 3
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Re: Epicureanism: The Hobo Test
Hmm just been reading the article and I think he made a strawman out of it. There are still a few places in the world where something akin to what Epicureanism describes is still possible. Granted we do have to adapt a bit to the laws of the land in most cases... if we want to stay legal. The off-gr...