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Does god have freewill and if so did can 'it' choose to be god?
God is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. God can choose to unveil itself ,if the circumstances demand it, to the masses. God is experienced regularly by those who believe in God because God is ...
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Does god have freewill and if so did can 'it' choose to be god?
First of all, at least in the (mainline) Abrahamic view, God is eternal and unchanging. I hold this to be accurate as a Catholic. Let me explain.
God's Nature
God is eternal. If God isn't eternal, it'...
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Queries and Thoughts on The Evolution of Free Will
Are animals rational?
Rather than say that (other) animals are rational all the time, I might say animals have no sense of rationality*, or they're at least more irrational than rational.
Rationality ...
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Queries and Thoughts on The Evolution of Free Will
Free will is an aspect of consciousness. Free will has depth in meaning. Free will can range from no free will to little free will to complete free will.
Free will is impermanent. It arises , changes ...
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Queries and Thoughts on The Evolution of Free Will
Irrational behaviour means behaving against or regardless of your instincts, plans or preferences. Irrational behaviour means that you are not acting in your own best interest, something is wrong with ...
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Can anyone suggest a reading list for perspectives on aesthetics, specifically two dimensional visual art?
You might find some useful reading and resources in the SEP article for creativity, and the IEP article for Art and Interpretation should help and is most specific to your question. I'll list some ...
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How does Quantum Mechanics affect the modern account of free will and determinism?
The question of free will is not "could it have been otherwise?' It is "could I have had an effect on the outcome?" Could I have chosen an ice cream and thereby affect the outcome? The ...
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How does Quantum Mechanics affect the modern account of free will and determinism?
Your question is impossible to answer decisively because there are so many conflicting interpretations of what free will means, and so many conflicting theories associated with each interpretation. ...
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How does Quantum Mechanics affect the modern account of free will and determinism?
The question depends on what kind of stuff the universe is made of. Is it material, mental, or a combination of both? Some forms of panpsychism propose the latter. Bell's Theorem suggests a possible ...
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Might there be a Bell-like theorem for free will?
You should not be happy to leave the definition aside. It is totally impossible to discuss anything, if the subject has not been clearly defined.
Once you have settled on a valid definition, you have ...
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Might there be a Bell-like theorem for free will?
I don't know for free will, but there are several theories for consciousness that proposes testable mathematical formulas. I am not betting on any one of them but am aware of 2: Integrated Information ...
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Might there be a Bell-like theorem for free will?
I recommend looking at the free will theorem of Conway and Kochen. Quantum entanglement has been cited as an example of consciousness at the quantum level. Some panpsychists propose a form of realism ...
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Do we make informed choices or random choices?
Human behavior is for the most part subconscious or unconscious, only few behaviors are done using conscious planning. When reaching for a glass of water, this can be done with the left or the right ...
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Do we make informed choices or random choices?
Choices are never random. Choice (=deliberate selection) is the very opposite of chance (=random selection). Even when we flip a coin to decide what to do, that is still a choice. We choose to flip ...
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Do we make informed choices or random choices?
People can make different types of choice in different circumstances. I make what seem to me to be random choices every morning when I pick a pair of socks to wear- I don't have any conscious ...
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Do we make informed choices or random choices?
I'm reminded of Buridan's Ass, based on an idea of Aristotle. Having observed the behaviour of real donkeys, they do not appear to spend much time on decision making! Like my dog, they eat voraciously ...
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Can Free Will be Explained?
I suppose it depends what kind of explanation you are looking for. I'll try two ideas.
Compatibilism: Mental events such as conscious choices could be partly predetermined (ie made less or more ...
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Can Free Will be Explained?
Free will can be explained. Suppose I give you a choice of coffee and cold drink to drink then ,you have the free will of deciding how you will choose? You may think that because the weather is cold , ...
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Can Free Will be Explained?
How to reconcile our first-person perception of free will with the principle of causality, the basis of nearly all successful explanations from the third-person stance, is an open question since time ...
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Can Free Will be Explained?
Notwithstanding the eternal and pointless debate about the existence or otherwise of free-will, it is a fact that we all agree that we can move our own little finger if we want to, and this is the ...
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Is there a difference between will and free will?
Yes, there is a difference between will and free will. Will can be yours or others , for example - God’s will or Devil’s will. A notion of free will arises when a choice appears. Choice may get ...
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Is there a difference between will and free will?
In Leviathan Hobbes attempts a definition of freedom compatible with his deterministic views. "Freedom" in this book is to be understood as "political freedom", not "...
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Is there a difference between will and free will?
No. Will is always free from other wills and any causal necessity.
A non-free will is an incoherent or at least undefined concept.
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Is there a difference between will and free will?
What is described here, is a realization that if not experienced, cannot be logically communicated - yes there are these kind of truths.
I will make a try though.
The concept is fundamental in all ...
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Is the argument from freewill further supported by causal arguments
Omniscient is a word open to various nuances of interpretation. For example, some people will point out that it can mean knowing all there is to know, in which case what we might yet do in the ...
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If free will is an illusion doesn't that mean it exists?
Either we have free will or an entirely convincing illusion of free will. Logically these are identical.
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