I meant that if I do not resist the rules of determinism, then I will no longer feel like the rules of determinism are subjugating my will. Not that I can go against the rules, but harmonize with them.This is patently false. You can't oppose and succeed in defeating the rules of determinism. — god must be atheist
Yes, if the rules of determinism go against my will, I will feel like a slave to them. If I am willing to go along with the rules, then it will feel voluntary.If you oppose the rules of determinism, then you are a slave to (i.e. must always obey) the rules of determinism. — god must be atheist
I simply mean desiring that something not be so. The three options listed come after the initial desire. I see now that oppose may mean more than desiring that something not be so, so I'll drop that word.Also, unclear what you mean, because the word oppose means any one of these three things: successful resistance, or staging an impedance, or protesting against. Which do you mean? — god must be atheist
I think by negative will I mean the same as what I meant by being opposed. A will that stems from having a negative opinion about something. In this case, having a negative opinion about the inevitable. Loving one's fate doesn't free one from one's fate. It frees one from having a negative opinion about one's fate.What's negative will? How does the love of one's fate free someone from this? — god must be atheist
I hope I have done so.This post of yours does not explain itself at all, and it states things that are not intuitive, so you NEED to explain them if you want to make others understand what you mean.
Please also iron out the difficulties in composition that I unfortunately had to point out to you. — god must be atheist
I meant that if I do not resist the rules of determinism, then I will no longer feel like the rules of determinism are subjugating my will. Not that I can go against the rules, but harmonize with them. — Yohan
I hope I have done so. — Yohan
Until causality is proven to be real, I will doubt it is real.And whether you go along or not, your will will be affected by causes. — god must be atheist
greatYes, you explained yourself very well. Thank you very much, I appreciate that. — god must be atheist
I don't understand this. It's not the French part I have trouble with. It is the English text that I can't make heads or tails out of.
For instance, I've never encountered an "incredulity fallacy". I am unfamiliar with that concept. Please explain and give a typical, educational example.
How can you commit something from something? You commit things TO, not FROM.
Don't let's? Let's not use unconventional grammar. — god must be atheist
There is a world in which predestination is true & determinism is false, oui? — Agent Smith
The free will-determinism issue is well beyond my ken. — Agent Smith
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