Hello All, Tom Clark will be a guest speaker for Arnell Dowret's show, "Equal Time For Free Speech" this Sunday. Below is a snip from an e-mail to me from...
Herb: People have urges and respond to them (deterministically) all the time. In fact I suppose that is all we do. So I don't see the problem. Rivers flow, I...
In a message dated 8/14/03 2:10:58 PM Mountain Daylight Time, ken@... writes: << Herb: People have urges and respond to them (deterministically) all...
Below, is a copy of a letter I sent in reply to my niece's recent question about FW; she's a devout Irish Catholic. I thought it might be useful to someone...
<< I don't see the difference. >> (Message 3518) Maybe the difference is sensation, perception, qualia, direct experience vs. cognitive schema, knowing on an...
In a message dated 8/15/03 9:06:07 AM Mountain Daylight Time, no_reply@yahoogroups.com writes: << Because there is no such thing as free will (FW) and given...
In a message dated 8/15/03 10:33:01 AM Mountain Daylight Time, JustTrying2BeMe@... writes: << Me too, my happiest state is omniscience, but most people get...
... Happiness is real AND it is all in the mind, it's a genuine desirable, healthy state of mind. I think we're taught to discredit/dismiss happiness because...
Richard: Your determinants may result in happiness, they may not. They may result in a little happiness, none, or a lot. If your determinants force you to ...
Ken, This was very well put! Steve ... They may ... force you to ... resist, you ... might. Or you may ... occur. In either ... to no ... this, but I...
Richard: << Maybe doing the best I can would be a more realistic position. >> (Message 3523) Maybe knowing that you're doing the ONLY thing you can be doing...
... JustTrying2BeMe@a...> wrote: Herb: Perhaps not more realistic but more philosphically profound. The fundamental truth is that we are doing the only thing...
... That's very true, we can't know. Determinism is our core belief, our axiom. Then there are deductions, statements of specifics which we believe rationally...
In a message dated 8/16/03 1:46:45 PM Mountain Daylight Time, ken@... writes: << Even in the absence of certainty, my determinants cause me to want to...
... Richard: Good point. I believe we can want to do something, but that's not "why" we do it. We are forced to do it, and sometimes we enjoy it and/or approve...
... Richard: Good point. I believe we can want to do something, but that's not "why" we do it. We are forced to do it, and sometimes we enjoy it and/or approve...
... Richard: Good point. I believe we can want to do something, but that's not "why" we do it. We are forced to do it, and sometimes we enjoy it and/or approve...
Les, Your niece does bring up an interesting question... I have quite a bit of experience with people who upon hearing the whys and wherefores on the...
(I apologize in advance for any grammatical or spelling errors.) Once I realized that my beliefs are shared by many others under the name determism, I quickly...
In a message dated 8/17/03 5:42:42 AM Mountain Daylight Time, no_reply@yahoogroups.com writes: << I am particular keen on demonstrating how there is nothing...
In a message dated 8/17/03 10:22:52 AM Mountain Daylight Time, bjh25@... writes: << The Universe is determined, but not at the subatomic level. If this...
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