tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post2680803773900234262..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: What I want when I want to be freeJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-61986707783122234582012-02-03T16:48:24.422-06:002012-02-03T16:48:24.422-06:00I think the issue here is just the problem of &quo...I think the issue here is just the problem of "I." We want our "I" to have "free" "will." This is how we think about it..."I" want to "have" "free" "will." We spend a lot of time thinking about the "will" and the "free," but I think we are better served thinking about what we really mean by having Faustnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-65701392923332698992012-01-31T12:27:23.910-06:002012-01-31T12:27:23.910-06:00The responsibility that comes with it is pretty un...The responsibility that comes with it is pretty unattractive when it comes to freedom...<br /><br />But even if we don't have free will, the illusion of free will is pretty powerful stuff too. So Lets say you live in a deterministic world, and you don't know that your actions are pre-determined. Maybe you have some suspicions, but it isn't any kind of assurance that the world is Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-6010309844163067002012-01-31T01:14:50.351-06:002012-01-31T01:14:50.351-06:00It seems plausible to me that our mental life is a...It seems plausible to me that our mental life is a naturalistic property of our brains, and as such determinism is true. This is at least a falsifiable hypothesis, that will succeed or fail sometime this century. But how does this alter our making of decisions and carrying out of actions? We've been making them throughout human history, and won't be stopping anytime soon. <br /><br />David Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12142997170025811780noreply@blogger.com