Free Will

AThousandYoung

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16 Feb 07

AThousandYoung

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16 Feb 07

Is our will completely independent of environmental factors? I say NO. Most people will respond differently, for example, if a man made a pass at them than if a woman did.

If our will is affected by the environment, then is it truly free? Free of what?

GinoJ

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16 Feb 07

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Is our will completely independent of environmental factors? I say NO. Most people will respond differently, for example, if a man made a pass at them than if a woman did.

If our will is affected by the environment, then is it truly free? Free of what?

What?

EAPOE

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16 Feb 07

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Is our will completely independent of environmental factors? I say NO. Most people will respond differently, for example, if a man made a pass at them than if a woman did.

If our will is affected by the environment, then is it truly free? Free of what?

Have you considered the limitations imposed on the "idea" of free will by the hard wired nature of the human mind. . . ?

josephw

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16 Feb 07

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Is our will completely independent of environmental factors? I say NO. Most people will respond differently, for example, if a man made a pass at them than if a woman did.

If our will is affected by the environment, then is it truly free? Free of what?

Maybe not free of, but free TO!

EAPOE

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Read. . . Explore the philosophical ideas relating to free will. . . Then do more than this and look at the neurological research that has been ploughed into understanding the nature of the human mind. . .

Here is a good starting point. . . .

http://www.kurzweilai.net

hoven5th

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17 Feb 07

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Is our will completely independent of environmental factors? I say NO. Most people will respond differently, for example, if a man made a pass at them than if a woman did.

If our will is affected by the environment, then is it truly free? Free of what?

Our "will" is only a manifestation of our environmental influences. Imagine a will without context. The very idea makes no sense.