Comments on: Poetry is an Example of Free Will http://joecobb.com/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/ Stand Up for Human Rights Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 1 http://joecobb.com/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-631 1 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:45:59 +0000 http://joecobb.com/blog/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/#comment-631 Maybe it is redundant to say "free" will. If will exists, it is free will. "Unfree will" would be simply Humean causality. Sam Harris has some interesting things to say about neuropsychological causality, and he also does not like to phrase, "free will." Maybe it is redundant to say “free” will. If will exists, it is free will. “Unfree will” would be simply Humean causality. Sam Harris has some interesting things to say about neuropsychological causality, and he also does not like to phrase, “free will.”

]]> By: Isopropyl Alcohol http://joecobb.com/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Isopropyl Alcohol Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:32:48 +0000 http://joecobb.com/blog/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/#comment-544 poetry has the power to affect our emotions by using words alone, i really love poetry `:" poetry has the power to affect our emotions by using words alone, i really love poetry `:”

]]> By: Nathan Rodriguez http://joecobb.com/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-508 Nathan Rodriguez Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:54:25 +0000 http://joecobb.com/blog/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/#comment-508 poetry is the thing i like, i create poems during my spare time:;; poetry is the thing i like, i create poems during my spare time:;;

]]> By: Zara Robertson http://joecobb.com/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Zara Robertson Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:14:52 +0000 http://joecobb.com/blog/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/#comment-496 i love poetry because it is a way of expressing my own feelings..*- i love poetry because it is a way of expressing my own feelings..*-

]]> By: David Weston http://joecobb.com/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-109 David Weston Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:37:57 +0000 http://joecobb.com/blog/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/#comment-109 We have disagreed often on the existence of free will and have used the traditional arguments on one another. So here's a new argument. As you know from my philosophy group moderations, I'm a definitionist; meaning that I won't let a discussion proceed until the terms are defined. One method of defining something is to define its opposite. So tell Joe, what's the definition of unfree will? We have disagreed often on the existence of free will and have used the traditional arguments on one another.

So here’s a new argument.

As you know from my philosophy group moderations, I’m a definitionist; meaning that I won’t let a discussion proceed until the terms are defined.

One method of defining something is to define its opposite.

So tell Joe, what’s the definition of unfree will?

]]> By: Ben Kalafut http://joecobb.com/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Ben Kalafut Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:31:04 +0000 http://joecobb.com/blog/2009/08/11/poetry-is-an-example-of-free-will/#comment-86 Quantum mechanics is a completely deterministic theory, and we have no reason to believe that the human, ultimately a quantum-mechanical system (or a biochemical system) introduces some violation of causal determinism de novo, requiring some nondeterministic extension of quantum mechanics. Where does this leave free will? Look at the right object at the right scale and you find it, just like the supposed randomness in quantum mechanics. And unlike some of the New Agers (e.g. the people who made that awful "what the bleep do we know" movie) I am not making the claim that these scales are the same. Quantum mechanics is a completely deterministic theory, and we have no reason to believe that the human, ultimately a quantum-mechanical system (or a biochemical system) introduces some violation of causal determinism de novo, requiring some nondeterministic extension of quantum mechanics.

Where does this leave free will? Look at the right object at the right scale and you find it, just like the supposed randomness in quantum mechanics. And unlike some of the New Agers (e.g. the people who made that awful “what the bleep do we know” movie) I am not making the claim that these scales are the same.

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