tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post4979320736805239650..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: Greg's PicksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-35510750667277645272012-05-28T21:57:41.020-04:002012-05-28T21:57:41.020-04:00To the whole issue, as currently framed by BOTH si...To the whole issue, as currently framed by BOTH sides, I borrow from Doug Hofstadter and say MU: http://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com/2012/01/mu-to-free-will.htmlGadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-88562764081831264432012-05-18T14:24:15.261-04:002012-05-18T14:24:15.261-04:00"We all agree that there's no "funda..."We all agree that there's no "fundamental" free will in nature"<br /><br />I don't.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07573847127040276949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-75045428213015891022012-05-18T08:51:24.706-04:002012-05-18T08:51:24.706-04:00Re Horgan: I am not sure that explaining that the ...Re Horgan: I am not sure that explaining that the output of our brains is influenced by sensory input is as strong an argument against determinism as he thinks it is.Paul ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16012889898994820585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-78911695291463850842012-05-18T00:06:50.571-04:002012-05-18T00:06:50.571-04:00I think that if everyone would read Sean Carroll&#...I think that if everyone would read Sean Carroll's excellent post on free will, the matter would be pretty much settled. We all agree that there's no "fundamental" free will in nature, or any libertarian free will that subverts the laws of physics; but we also all agree that there's a description of reality (cue Hawking's model-dependent realism) in which our identities as rational agents capable of volition is both valid and useful. <br /><br />Anyway, Sean Carroll:<br />http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2011/07/13/free-will-is-as-real-as-baseball/Mike Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097261108461657167noreply@blogger.com