That's also what I believe too. You can think whatever you feel true as true, and express your thoughts with your interlocutors freely on the philosophical topics under discussion. That is what philosophical discussion is about suppose.I don't have any problem with other people having different views from me. In fact, I prefer it. Diversity of all kinds makes the world much more interesting than it would be if everyone were identical. — Truth Seeker
Some determinants and constraints are definitely absolute such as birth, death, ageing etc. But looking them as the cause for one's decision to drink water instead of coffee sounds a bit extreme view.My definition of free will is a will that is free from determinants and constraints. To prove me wrong, you would have to do the following: — Truth Seeker
I have not done anything you listed, and I am sure I will never be able to do them. But still I believe that I have freewill. If it is psychological belief, then it is just a matter of believing them i.e. believe that everything is contingent, random and free, and I have freewill to do whatever I want.7. Own an infinite number of universes and give all beings an infinite number of universes each for free.
Once you have done the above tasks, I will be convinced that you have free will. If I had free will, I would have already done the above tasks. — Truth Seeker
you were under a very successful illusion. But your choices are not made consciously on this view and your experience of choice is like a mini experience machine. That you felt it doesn’t mean it’s what’s actually happening — AmadeusD
Who is morally culpable? — Truth Seeker
Can you refrain from doing the above 27 things forever? — Truth Seeker
My definition of free will is a will that is free from determinants and constraints — Truth Seeker
My definition of free will is a will that is free from determinants and constraints. Can you give me one example of a choice that you have made that did not have any determinants and constraints? — Truth Seeker
If you can do that, I will be convinced that you have free will. — Truth Seeker
Free will is a will that is free from determinants and constraints is the most accurate definition for free will. — Truth Seeker
Free will is a will that is free from determinants and constraints is the most accurate definition for free will — Truth Seeker
Does it mean that Descartes "I think therefore I am." doesn't mean anything meaningful either?Thinking that you are free does not make you actually free. — Truth Seeker
20. Think — Truth Seeker
I asked you "Can you give me one example of a choice that you have made that did not have any determinants and constraints?" You have not given me even one such example. — Truth Seeker
Hard determinism and free will are opposing ideas. They can't both be true. — Truth Seeker
I don't know if souls exist or not. — Truth Seeker
My definition of free will is a will that is free from determinants and constraints. — Truth Seeker
I think our choices are the result of the interaction between genes, environments from conception to the present, nutrients from conception to the present, and experiences from the womb to the present. — Truth Seeker
But I cannot find any evidence whatsoever that I was under a very successful illusion. Everything around me is working too coherently and rationally, and there is nothing I can even doubt, that the world, perceptions and my decisions and choices were illusion. Can you? — Corvus
I carried out experiments to test the roles played by our genes, environments from conception to the present, nutrients from conception to the present, and experiences from the womb to the present. These experiments were not published in any journals because I carried them out alone and I was my only test subject. I compared myself with myself under different situations e.g. how lack of oxygen affected my decision making, how lack of water affected my decision making, how lack of food affected my decision making, how lack of sleep affected my decision making, how cold and heat affected my decision making, etc. I also compared myself to how I was before significant life events with how I was after significant life events. By significant life events, I mean being kidnapped, being raped, watching people murder each other, being in natural disasters which killed lots of people, relatives being murdered, etc. The more I experimented and compared, the more it became clear to me that our wills are determined and constrained by our genes, environments from conception to the present, nutrients from conception to the present, and experiences from the womb to the present. You can do the experiments on yourself - it's not necessary to take my word for it. — Truth Seeker
How much do you know about neuroscience? Have you ever seen PET scans and functional MRI scans of humans? — Truth Seeker
So, do you now see the roles played by my genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences in the typing of this post? This is why I am convinced that we don't have free will. Do you understand my thoughts and reasoning? — Truth Seeker
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