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Primer on Free Will - 14
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Calvin Ramsey
Oct 26, 2012, 5:39:49 PM10/26/12
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Now let me, hopefully, anticipate that I have made some sense for my
silent readers. Let me, perhaps wistfully, believe that you are now
saying, "Yes, I guess you do have a point there. When you put it that
way, it is true that I have reasons for reading your post, and those
reasons prevailing, it is not rational, or normal, or human, or anything
else, for me not to read it. If that's what you mean by your denial of
free will, then I have to admit that denial is justified. I am not free
in the sense of scot-free. I do not choose regardless of all
considerations by some presumed power of a spontaneous generation of
choices. Okay. I think I'm prepared to grant (even though I must admit
that that's the way I had thought of choices) that my idea of free will
does not stand up under analysis. However reluctantly, I think I must
grant your point that I do not have that kind of free will, and I did
not exercise that kind of free will when I began reading your post, nor
do I exercise it now as I continue reading your post.
silent readers. Let me, perhaps wistfully, believe that you are now
saying, "Yes, I guess you do have a point there. When you put it that
way, it is true that I have reasons for reading your post, and those
reasons prevailing, it is not rational, or normal, or human, or anything
else, for me not to read it. If that's what you mean by your denial of
free will, then I have to admit that denial is justified. I am not free
in the sense of scot-free. I do not choose regardless of all
considerations by some presumed power of a spontaneous generation of
choices. Okay. I think I'm prepared to grant (even though I must admit
that that's the way I had thought of choices) that my idea of free will
does not stand up under analysis. However reluctantly, I think I must
grant your point that I do not have that kind of free will, and I did
not exercise that kind of free will when I began reading your post, nor
do I exercise it now as I continue reading your post.
Catpain 'Merca
Oct 27, 2012, 5:41:31 AM10/27/12
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Calvin Ramsey <calvin...@live.com> wrote in news:k6evv4$d50$1@dont-
email.me:
> <nothing of value>
Cramsey, I've already told you that conceptually free will is a crock. If
you are putting forward the idea that I make decisions free from the
machinations of your imaginary sky-daddy, that I'll buy.
Catpain Merca
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email.me:
> <nothing of value>
Cramsey, I've already told you that conceptually free will is a crock. If
you are putting forward the idea that I make decisions free from the
machinations of your imaginary sky-daddy, that I'll buy.
Catpain Merca
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