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I think even a mouse can freely decide when it is in a maze. We know that doubt is the result of the biochemical processes in the brain. Doubt is a so...

The universe is a collection of objects so OP applies to the universe.

I have an argument for the whole being limitless, which you can find here. My main problem however is that I don't have any argument to show that the ...

That is my point. So, we are dealing with two scenarios here unless one does not exclude that the universe have existed since beginning of time one ca...

Why does it violate premise #1?

We didn't say that the universe went from finite to infinite. We need a justification to exclude God.

We don't know how doubt emerges from biochemical processes in the brain. We also don't know about the emergence of thought, qualia, and intentionality...

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How could your decision be based on history when you have doubt?

Are you an idealist? What Unruh radiation has to do with our debate?

They claim that God didn't begin to exist but exists. I agree with what you stated. But here it seems that you object to the second premise, not the f...

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So? Why? I am not saying that the universe in its initial state was infinite. It could be finite or infinite.

I am talking about different types of decisions here. The decision is called free when you don't have a reason to choose one option over another. Ther...

Well, that is the logical consequence of my argument. A deterministic entity such as the brain cannot decide when there is doubt. Will is the faculty ...

There was no cause for the material at the beginning of time. Correct. Correct. Why should it be finite? I cannot follow why.

The natural numbers are not a thing. Thanks for mentioning it. I googled it and have some stuff to read.

I see and I agree.

Maybe. For now, we don't know why physical laws are like this.

We don't know how humans think. Does your AI have the ability to think?

I mean temporal change. By nothing I mean no material, no space, no time,... I read the manuscript once last night and I found it very interesting. I ...

Thanks for writing. I see what you mean.

I didn't mean mathematical truth when I said we may one day explain reality. I mean we may be able to explain why physical laws are like this and not ...

What do you mean by self? Soul? Mind is an indeterministic entity. It receives input from the brain.

In this thread, I am not interested to discuss whether different states predicate other states later. What I am interested is that these states have e...

Interesting. I didn't know that. How ethical issues are related to the origin of the universe?

We don't choose to doubt. We face doubt. Matter including the brain as I discussed is deterministic entity so it cannot freely decide when we have dou...

I have one argument for nothing to something is impossible which I discussed it in this thread. The argument got refined in the final forms as followi...

I think they were simply in a situation to believe God's or the serpent's words. They wouldn't eat the fruit if they believed in God's words. They ate...

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Correct. I should have said God gave them access to eat the fruit. God knew that they would fail since He is omniscient. God prohibited them not eatin...

Augustine mixed Positive (by positive I mean consisting in or characterized by the presence rather than the absence of distinguishing features, such a...

We all know the story of Adam and Eve. Knowing that they fall but allowing them to commit evil is evil.

Through the form.

Then why bring subconsciousness into the discussion? Ok. Is the conscious state the result of the brain process?

We, our conscious minds to be more precise, are not aware of all the information that we perceive through our sensory systems. Isn't the subconscious ...

Do you mind explaining what you mean by the subconsciousness? Does it have a mind or is it a deterministic entity? I know problems related to a system...

Correct. We don't know about the exact condition of neural activity of our brain but we know that it is deterministic. There is however a problem in t...

Yes, we can toss a coin. I however have to add that the outcome of tossing a coin is not known to us due to our ignorance about the initial condition ...

I used the maze example to ensure we can agree that the options are real. That is a huge step in the discussion of free will since many people simply ...

Hi and welcome to the forum! I would say that you need to pick a topic you are interested the most and focus on it. Go to the related subforum and rea...

Thanks for the correction. It is alright if you don't want to engage in the discussion of free will. I don't think it is bottomless considering the ar...

Are you talking about unconscious decisions? Correct. By reason, I generally mean a cause for an action, whether it is feeling, preference, value, rat...

Correct. What the mind does in a doubtful situation is random and it is similar to tossing a coin. That is a very good question! I believe so but I do...

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To the best of my knowledge, there is no pure random generator but a pseudo-random generator. You can read more about pseudo-random generator here. Re...

No, I would say that our freedom allows us to decide when we are ignorant about the outcomes of the options. It seems to me that the author of the man...

I use the example of the maze to ensure we can agree that the outcome of options is not determined in this case. Once this is established I can discus...

Yes, my definition of the continuum is not adequate. Another poster gave a definition continuum close to mine but it is correct. I can search the thre...