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Thanks to those who tried, with me, to have an actual discussion here, in this topic. ... I see ego, anger, contempt and ill-will, personal insults, and so on. ... More to the point, I see no philosophy . ... I'm puzzled that the moderators here don't, er, moderate such behaviour. LOL LOL LOL Just b...

... I see ego, anger, contempt and ill-will, personal insults, and so on. ... More to the point, I see no philosophy . ... I'm puzzled that the moderators here don't, er, moderate such behaviour. LOL LOL LOL Just because you made the CLAIM that you see 'such behavior', this does NOT mean 'such beha...

... I see ego, anger, contempt and ill-will, personal insults, and so on. ... More to the point, I see no philosophy . ... I'm puzzled that the moderators here don't, er, moderate such behaviour. LOL LOL LOL Just because you made the CLAIM that you see 'such behavior', this does NOT mean 'such beha...

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Pattern-chaser wrote:Have I misunderstood something?

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:23 pm Seems so. As I say, yesterday doesn't determine my today. Of course, yesterday influences and informs my today: but it doesn't determine my today.

Pattern-chaser wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 4:40 pm Fair enough.

Fair enough.

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:17 pm 1. Unity is the connection of parts.

2. Parts necessitate a separation.

And yet those things that are separate, are connected too.

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:28 pm In saying "something" we diverge to "everything".

In saying "something" we refer to some part(s) of "everything" (i.e. all things, or all 'somethings').

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:28 pm 1. In saying "everything" we summate to a "something".

In saying "everything" we summate to a collection of "something"s?

1. What freedom(s) does free will bestow? As a free will: I can begin, end, and bend at least some causal chains. OK, if we have free will, that seems perfectly reasonable, and useful, to me. Yesterday doesn't determine my today ... ...but yesterday does influence my today, surely? I don't exist in...

Eodnhoj7 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:15 pm 1. There is a picture of a waterfall.
2. As a picture of a waterfall the picture is not a waterfall.
...

The picture is an image of a waterfall; the waterfall is a waterfall. As others have already pointed out, in different and useful ways, there is no paradox.

Impenitent wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:47 pm that which the body/mind is capable/incapable of doing...

-Imp

Thanks. To which question(s) do your words respond?

I see too much ego in theirs comments that make me dont answer. Yes, I see ego, anger, contempt and ill-will, personal insults, and so on. More to the point, I see no philosophy . I'm puzzled that the moderators here don't, er, moderate such behaviour. Does this forum even have (active) moderators?...

[Posted in response to Age] As already stated, if all organisms are reactive creatures, that trashes the idea of free will. Free will infers human action, and there is no such thing as human action, there is but human reaction. If an organism must be motivated, the very term motivation spells react...

Over the years, we have all seen many topics concerning free will. But one thing I have never seen — a clarification of what we mean by the concept of free will. That's what this topic is. But this is not a definition-freak's topic, that demands a full, precise, and detailed definition, down to the ...

Why does evolution grant such a feeling, having free will, if it is an illusion? Evolution is a passive and mindless process, without volition, or the ability to "grant" anything. Also, it seems to me there is a huge abstract gap between evolution and free will , to the extent that it's d...