 Do you believe you have Free Will?, a philosophical debate |
| Do you believe you have Free Will?, a philosophical debate |
 May 24 2007, 01:05 PM
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Alright everyone, just a philosophical debate/dialog.
The boards are full of the same political banter back and forth, so let's try something different. Basically, do you believe in free will? do you have it? Let's try to keep this clean and not personal. Be smart, not petty. Personally, I vote no. Why? a. No one ever asked me if I wanted to exist. because of that, my actions are directly a response to a denial of free will, and therefore not my own. b. Consequentialism. I believe that every event is interrelated. I do think there was a "big bang" type event, but I don't bother myself with what happened before that other than everything that happens is a product of what happened, and therefore predictable and unavoidable. No free will there either. Paging Jessica to the thread! |
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Epic Do you believe you have Free Will? May 24 2007, 01:05 PM
Psykopath My birth may not have been of my free will, but gi... May 24 2007, 01:15 PM James Yes, but only in the details. The main theme is n... May 24 2007, 01:18 PM Jessica Most of the people on here are probably compatibli... May 24 2007, 01:38 PM cupcake no
the interconnectedness of everything is far to... May 24 2007, 01:45 PM TinEqualWin You sound Buddhist or Taoist, which is a good thin... May 24 2007, 02:03 PM THECHICKEN Is your brain "you"?
Does a loss of fr... May 24 2007, 03:29 PM impala454 I'm not really sure how anyone could answer ... May 24 2007, 03:57 PM
FORSAKENR320 QUOTE (impala454 @ May 24 2007, 04:57 PM)... May 24 2007, 05:13 PM
kcroxyoursox QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ May 24 2007, 06:13 ... May 24 2007, 07:29 PM FORSAKENR320 QUOTE (kcroxyoursox @ May 24 2007, 08:29 ... May 24 2007, 10:08 PM cupcake QUOTE (impala454 @ May 24 2007, 04:57 PM)... May 25 2007, 08:29 AM impala454 QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 09:29 AM) y... May 25 2007, 09:08 AM James Just because you make a choice doesn't mean th... May 24 2007, 04:13 PM impala454 QUOTE (James @ May 24 2007, 05:13 PM) Jus... May 24 2007, 04:17 PM Jim QUOTE (impala454 @ May 24 2007, 03:17 PM)... May 24 2007, 05:26 PM moebary You've already made the choice, now you have t... May 24 2007, 04:15 PM James Just because you don't know that it was pre-de... May 24 2007, 04:23 PM Testm0nkey your brain and physiology dictate your behavior wi... May 24 2007, 05:00 PM Spectatrix Yes, but our actions are heavily influenced by cir... May 24 2007, 05:13 PM Testm0nkey QUOTE (Spectatrix @ May 24 2007, 06:13 PM... May 24 2007, 05:18 PM Divergent Reality yaaaaaaaay
biology vs theology
now we need someo... May 24 2007, 05:23 PM Testm0nkey its a mind vs body problem. its been debated for c... May 24 2007, 05:26 PM Testm0nkey keep this going!
this idea is one of the majo... May 24 2007, 05:29 PM James Think all the posters have already posted May 24 2007, 05:31 PM schwab yes May 24 2007, 07:47 PM Renegadepeon Nope. May 24 2007, 08:06 PM zetec QUOTE ("Rush @ ''Free Will... May 25 2007, 01:47 AM impala454 I am a Christian, and I believe God has a plan for... May 25 2007, 08:10 AM Renegadepeon It would have to be predetermined.
I can program ... May 25 2007, 08:37 AM impala454 QUOTE (Renegadepeon @ May 25 2007, 09:37 ... May 25 2007, 09:11 AM kcroxyoursox QUOTE (impala454 @ May 25 2007, 10:11 AM)... May 25 2007, 09:20 AM impala454 QUOTE (kcroxyoursox @ May 25 2007, 10:20 ... May 25 2007, 09:51 AM Renegadepeon QUOTE (impala454 @ May 25 2007, 10:51 AM)... May 25 2007, 10:55 AM impala454 QUOTE (Renegadepeon @ May 25 2007, 11:55 ... May 25 2007, 11:58 AM Renegadepeon QUOTE (impala454 @ May 25 2007, 12:58 PM)... May 25 2007, 02:10 PM cupcake you don't get it. it's a plan. to think yo... May 25 2007, 09:21 AM impala454 QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 10:21 AM) y... May 25 2007, 10:02 AM chook My hatred for the Lubbock City Council is def free... May 25 2007, 10:06 AM cupcake it's not about age...it's about how many t... May 25 2007, 10:21 AM impala454 QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 11:21 AM) i... May 25 2007, 11:55 AM Jessica QUOTE (impala454 @ May 25 2007, 12:55 PM)... May 25 2007, 12:27 PM Jessica I dont believe in Free Will in the sense that we h... May 25 2007, 10:33 AM cupcake jessica's smart?
wtf!?
ftw! May 25 2007, 10:44 AM Jessica QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 11:44 AM) j... May 25 2007, 10:45 AM JRockTTU QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 11:44 AM) j... May 25 2007, 04:03 PM Jessica QUOTE (JRockTTU @ May 25 2007, 05:03 PM) ... May 29 2007, 08:35 AM woody living in a vacuum (no outside factors) you'd ... May 25 2007, 10:58 AM Epic i love how everyone has ignored both of my argumen... May 25 2007, 11:03 AM Jessica QUOTE (Epic @ May 25 2007, 12:03 PM) i lo... May 25 2007, 11:03 AM woody QUOTE (Epic @ May 24 2007, 01:05 PM) a. N... May 25 2007, 11:05 AM cupcake I wasn't talking to everyone, I was talking to... May 25 2007, 12:10 PM impala454 QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 01:10 PM) i... May 25 2007, 12:50 PM Testm0nkey chossing to not shoot someone in cold blood is not... May 25 2007, 12:16 PM impala454 QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ May 25 2007, 01:16 PM... May 25 2007, 12:53 PM cupcake jessica, no I believe we live multiple lives. I th... May 25 2007, 12:55 PM Jessica QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 01:55 PM) j... May 25 2007, 01:33 PM impala454 well say these things happen to you, and that you... May 25 2007, 01:20 PM James The obvious answer is to buy EVERY color shirt May 25 2007, 01:24 PM cupcake the first time you're just going at it clueles... May 25 2007, 01:44 PM impala454 QUOTE (cupcake @ May 25 2007, 02:44 PM) h... May 25 2007, 02:49 PM Jessica I must be a newbie because Im not good at anything... May 25 2007, 01:47 PM Dogmeat QUOTE (Jessica @ May 25 2007, 01:47 PM) I... May 25 2007, 01:52 PM FORSAKENR320 QUOTE (Jessica @ May 25 2007, 02:47 PM) I... May 25 2007, 08:56 PM Jessica QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ May 25 2007, 09:56 ... May 29 2007, 08:37 AM impala454 and renegade: so from what you're saying, free... May 25 2007, 02:51 PM cupcake Renegadepeon's explanation is much less looney... May 25 2007, 02:57 PM cupcake he made the wrong decision that day. karma is how ... May 25 2007, 03:01 PM impala454 oh for sure man. I know there have been tons of i... May 25 2007, 03:11 PM zetec QUOTE (impala454 @ May 25 2007, 09:10 AM)... May 25 2007, 03:56 PM Dogmeat this thread reminds me of that stupid ass fucking ... May 25 2007, 04:08 PM griseyeux QUOTE (impala454 @ May 25 2007, 03:51 PM)... May 25 2007, 06:54 PM Epic this is all well and good, the whole discussion ab... May 25 2007, 07:00 PM griseyeux QUOTE (Epic @ May 25 2007, 08:00 PM) this... May 25 2007, 07:02 PM Epic in response to woody's sperm theory.
well sir... May 25 2007, 07:05 PM pebkac I'm a firm believer in chaos theory.
Everythi... May 25 2007, 09:36 PM RitalinJunkie yes...free will May 26 2007, 01:05 AM jonathan83 definitely not reading all this...
but yeah, i be... May 26 2007, 02:28 AM Dogmeat god dammit! you're all HIPPIES!!... May 26 2007, 10:01 AM Jessica QUOTE (Dogmeat @ May 26 2007, 11:01 AM) g... May 29 2007, 08:41 AM impala454 I think most of you who say we have no free will (... May 29 2007, 08:23 AM Testm0nkey QUOTE (impala454 @ May 29 2007, 09:23 AM)... May 29 2007, 01:09 PM impala454 QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ May 29 2007, 02:09 PM... May 29 2007, 01:49 PM Testm0nkey if you have no conscious ability to change, decide... May 29 2007, 02:25 PM impala454 so, your brain is not you then? and how the hell ... May 29 2007, 02:30 PM Testm0nkey the term liberal doenst just have to do with polit... May 29 2007, 02:33 PM impala454 ah ok.
just seems weird to me that one wouldn... May 29 2007, 02:36 PM Testm0nkey everything you do is because of your brain is it n... May 29 2007, 02:38 PM impala454 what i'm saying is, my brain is part of me, my... May 29 2007, 02:47 PM John6.7 Cathryn is right on this one.
Impala, read any ps... May 29 2007, 03:52 PM James QUOTE (John6.7 @ May 29 2007, 04:52 PM) C... May 30 2007, 07:06 PM Testm0nkey if a decision is made and you are not aware of it ... May 29 2007, 02:54 PM impala454 so you're not aware of any decisions you make? May 29 2007, 03:01 PM Jim And you're aware of every decision your brain ... May 29 2007, 03:11 PM impala454 my brain is part of me... brains don't make de... May 29 2007, 03:16 PM Testm0nkey you are aware of the decisions you make AFTER they... May 29 2007, 03:34 PM Jim Impala, you decide to twitch? May 29 2007, 04:02 PM James QUOTE (Jim @ May 29 2007, 05:02 PM) Impal... May 30 2007, 06:57 PM TetraGrammaton Cleric ok, so i skimmed this thread and looks as if we ar... May 29 2007, 04:26 PM griseyeux QUOTE (impala454 @ May 29 2007, 04:16 PM)... May 30 2007, 06:39 PM  |
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