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Which premises, P1 or P2, do you have a problem with?

You can even doubt whether your thoughts are yours or a Demon put them in your mind. What you cannot doubt is that you are an agent with the capacity ...

C1 and C2 follow from P1 and P2 respectively, each is a form of Modus Ponens.

Whether there is a God who is all-powerful is the subject of debate. The reality is that we are left with our own so if we have to achieve Utopia if i...

Good and evil are fundamental features of reality and they are both necessary. Humans mostly are inclined to prefer good over evil though but that doe...

Physical behavior has been the subject of careful examination for almost 400 years. To date, there has been a fantastic correlation between physical t...

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I am saying that given the system in the state of X and the laws of nature, one always predicts and finds the system in the state of Y later. I don't ...

Yes, please!

Yes, I am talking about Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. The first treatment is 30 sessions each day once. Then twice a week if the first...

Have you ever tried RTMS? I went through the whole treatment. It didn't help me but I found out many people happy with the treatment!

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Yes, I have my medications routinely. I was hospitalized three times because I was out of my mind and had unbearable depression. I was under electroco...

Very well said! Being a conscious being is not easy since you are subject to suffering soon or late. Being conscious, however, is a unique experience....

I have been suffering from Schizophrenia and deep depression for almost 30 years. The month I don't remember, LOL. My life is not easy too but nothing...

The standard model was confirmed experimentally and it is a deterministic model. The experiment is performed very carefully so we are sure about how p...

Haven't you ever been in a situation where the future outcomes of options were unclear to you? How could reason help you in such a situation? By want ...

We have been through this in another thread. The decision seems random from the third perspective but not the first perspective since it is up to the ...

Ok, as you please. I am glad to see that you agree that options are real and life is not a domino though.

I had very harsh periods in my life but when I think about it I realize that it was exactly those periods that made me what I am, a stronger person. I...

Haven't you ever had options in your life?

It is not a crazy idea at all if you think about it. How are you going to deal with the dichotomy that I presented?

Well, how your decision could be free if it is based on a reason? So we have a dichotomy: either you have a reason for your decision or not, in the fi...

Choosing the ice cream you like is an unfree decision since you have a reason for your choice. The question is whether you can choose the ice cream th...

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Call it whatever you like! We have the ability to do otherwise even if it is against reason. Moreover, free decision is necessary in many situations w...

If a decision is based on a reason, then that decision is not free.

Options cannot be an illusion. If I show you two balls that look similar, you will realize that there are two balls and that they look identical. Ther...

Ok, it was very nice to chat with you.

I use google all the time. Its AI is useful for me too.

I already discussed substance dualism to a good extent. If you have any questions then I would be happy to answer. Otherwise, I don't see anything to ...

So the end of the discussion?

But you cannot be agnostic about reality if you are a compatibilist!

Sure, I will check on the internet to see what it is about.

I talk about things in reality.

But the reality is different from your program.

Ok, so you are talking about processes that happen in things. When I say that a thing is deterministic or random, I mean that the processes within the...

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I gave the example of the physical stuff, like my body. I also think that there is mental stuff, like my mind.

Are you saying that in your view things are sometimes deterministic and sometimes random? If not what are you trying to say?

I gave you the example of physical, such as my body, your body, etc. And of course, the mind exists and it is a separate thing from my body, your body...

I have studied neural networks to good depth long time ago. I am still studying it occasionally depending on my needs. Oh, that is very interesting. D...

By physical I simply mean the stuff that exists, your body, my body, etc. I have to use that to explain my view about reality. Aren't you a physical? ...

So you have to endorse that the physical is deterministic and random! That is a contrary position though. If you don't accept the mind then I am afrai...

Which part of my discussion do you disagree with?

Hi and welcome to the forum. As FJ said bring something interesting that you are interested and people will appear here. We have a few if not some, pe...

Ok mate, let's discuss things to see what is right and wrong in your reasoning. :wink: You are a compatibilist, so let's just accept that the physical...

I am not confused. Don't you see that you are having a problem in your position? Being a compatibilist means that one agrees with both free will and d...

What!? I am not a compatibilist. You are and yet you deny determinism!