Monday, November 27, 2006
Free Will
What part of the weekend wasn't spent out partying (here and here), or sleeping in, has been mostly spent brushing up on free will, determinism and responsibility. Free will is actually a recurring theme for Scott Adams, but this post is particularly good. Although he does seem to assume incompatibilism when it comes to ultimate responsibility, simply justifying our practice by saying we're pre-determined to punish others (not that that should shield us from equally pre-determined criticism).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
-
In about two weeks’ time, voters in the UK will be given an historic opportunity to change the electoral system. The referendum motion asks ...
-
As the dust settles after June’s referendum, it’s notable that the leaders of the Leave campaign ( Johnson , Gove , Farage , Leadsom ) ...
-
Not content with penalty shootouts often, misleadingly, described as lotteries, the BBC now asks whether promotion playoffs - in which the t...
No comments:
Post a Comment