Badger3k
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| Quote (Mark Frank @ Feb. 18 2010,13:20) | | If you haven't done it already read Daniel Dennett on free will - particularly Freedom Evolves. He is a compatabilist and I think he is pretty much right. We choose according to our desires which is quite compatible with our desires causing our choices. |
But who chooses our desires?
I do have Dennett on my list to read, but after trying to slog through Consciousness (Understood? - I forget) - it was way beyond my present understanding, and I kept getting caught by 'qualia' and the like. Still have it, and mean to go back once I can follow the evidence and arguments better.
My problem is that every definition of Free Will that I have heard tends to be inadequate in one way or another, and the usefulness of the term is debatable for me. I don't think we have what most people think of as free will, but I do agree that we have apparent free will, and (have to?) act as if we did. I'm not sure it matters, although the debates can be fun.
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"Just think if every species had a different genetic code We would have to eat other humans to survive.." : Joe G
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