I like to run this sequence of statements through my head in an attempt to prove the absence of free will, so here goes:
1. I cannot consciously influence events that have taken place before the present moment.
2. I cannot consciously influence events that take place in the instantaneous present. (Since by the time I become aware of the present, time has elapsed and the moment slips into the past.
3. My future is comprised of an infinite series of instantaneous "snapshots" of the present.
4. Since I cannot consciously influence the present and the future is a function of the present I cannot consciously influence the future.
Therefore I have no free will.
Any insight appreciated.
Proof of predeterminism or not?
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5. your conscious statements cannot consciously influence the past, the present and the future. cannot consciously touch it or see it. no conscious connection. no knowledge. no words. unspeakable.jimmyboi wrote:I like to run this sequence of statements through my head in an attempt to prove the absence of free will, so here goes:
1. I cannot consciously influence events that have taken place before the present moment.
2. I cannot consciously influence events that take place in the instantaneous present. (Since by the time I become aware of the present, time has elapsed and the moment slips into the past.
3. My future is comprised of an infinite series of instantaneous "snapshots" of the present.
4. Since I cannot consciously influence the present and the future is a function of the present I cannot consciously influence the future.
Therefore I have no free will.
Any insight appreciated.
6. your conscious statements can influence its infinite series of instantaneous "snapshots" of the unspeakable present as the "present", the "past present" and the "future present".
7. your conscious statements can influence only to other conscious statements. like "free will", "god", "science".
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Re: Proof of predeterminism or not?
ask hume
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why?Impenitent wrote:ask hume
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it's his dustbowl empiricism...
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Proof of predeterminism or not?Impenitent wrote:it's his dustbowl empiricism...
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what did hume say?