You are using the common use definition as opposed to the philosophical definition. Better reference is here. But this doesn't matter. Let's use the t...
But everything needs to be demonstrated ... as per that one principle called PoSR :joke:. But if you are serious with that claim, then how do we deter...
Yeah that's indeed what I thought you meant. I'm just being nit-picky. For general info though, "truth" is "conformance to reality", where as "real" m...
I don't understand your statement; can you rephrase it another way? Otherwise if it helps, begging the question to defend a claim does not entail that...
Position, opinion; same things. I am not saying it is a bad thing to change it. I just wanted to clarify this is what happened, so that I understand y...
Your assessment is correct under the condition that we know nothing about the perceptions. It is equivalent at this point to guessing the results of t...
So it looks like you are changing the position you took here where you said you saw no problem with the PoSR. Anyways, the PoSR is a self-evident prin...
The probabilities of outcomes change based on your knowledge of the system. As the knowledge in the first paragraph above is different than the one in...
But how else can you determine if a thing is true, other than by using justification or reasoning? You look at it, and based on the color you perceive...
Hello again. Knowing nothing else, indeed the probability of a true perception is 1/2, and a false perception is 1/2, and thus the probability of X, Y...
Knowledge is "justified true belief", where "justified" means you have sound argument for why it is true. If you believe something that is true for th...
Yes but you wouldn't be closer to knowing the truth; where knowledge means "justified true belief". How would you know this if the arguments cannot be...
Volition: Alright, I think I'm getting the gist of it. Where I'm going with these questions, is that it sounds like the volition of the robot "superve...
So volition is goal oriented behaviour with acts in the world. So far so good? And a wind-up doll, who is a simple program (ie wind-up system) with me...
But if all you mean by "volition" is "respond to external information to achieve a goal", then mere programs without mechanical parts can do this too....
But a robot is essentially a program + mechanical parts; and if a robot is going to have volition, it's going to be through its program and not throug...
Hello. I believe the notions of determinism and free will only apply to the topic of causality, not the topic of identity. But do you think identity i...
I think there is. If A is nothing but B which is doing nothing but C, then A is doing nothing but C. If a robot is nothing but a program which is doin...
So my question is, how are they different, such that a robot can have intentions? I'm fairly sure a robot is nothing more than a computer executing a ...
Oh okay. So "intention" means "aiming towards a goal", not necessarily choosing that goal. I will think a bit more about this definition; to see if tr...
So you would say the original command to go clean the troughs is not intended by the zombie, but everything else in that set of acts is intended with ...
So people always intend to do the good (at least in their view), and when they don't do the good, then they have regret. But is this even logically po...
No objection; just thinking out loud. What you describe indeed does not fit determinism, and yet a probability distribution still implies some sort of...
That's fine. The point was that to explain our resulting taste, nature and nurture are sufficient without having to bring in free will. It's not about...
Defending the existence of free will would take too long, and so it is assumed to be true in this discussion. However, if we were to argue about free ...
I think I understand what you are saying better now. Yes, if self-control is not a result of knowledge but is applied alongside knowledge, there perha...
I agree that when we say "physical things obey the laws of physics", it is merely an expression to say there is uniformity or consistency in causality...
I like the first one better, as it is simpler and thus easier for me to follow. You are correct that the argument can only go as far as proving that w...
The Golden Rule is an absolute; here's why. Fairness is defined as treating everyone equally; no discrimination. Nobody in their right mind can judge ...
It's weird because in french, "free will" is translated as "volonté libre", and "volition" as "volonté". Be that as it may, a choice is still present ...
We have a few disagreements. By "moral value" I mean breaking the golden rule of ethics: do onto others as you would want them to do onto you. This ru...
I think what you refer to is "will power" or "self-control", which is indeed related to free will but different still. You say we obtain free will thr...
Hmmm... I don't think a choice in outcome is necessary for free will. You can tie me up so as to remove my choice in outcome of moving vs not moving, ...
I don't understand this statement. If nature is uniform, consistent in its effects resulting from a given cause, then it is indeed determined; where t...
Meh. People have developed technology in the past before fully understanding the theory behind it; like boats before fully understanding buoyancy. Als...
That's okay. What I meant by "determined" is not that we can know it with certainty, but that the cause-effect is consistent or uniform, even if we do...
I would accept the claim "we don't know what causes ", but "nothing causes " is a logical fallacy. It goes against the Principle of Sufficient Reason;...
To say that all physical things "obey the laws of physics" is merely an expression. It refers to the Uniformity of Nature, which is the principle that...
Hello. I mostly agree with that you said. I would just replace the term "imagination" with "free will". I think some animals have imagination, e.g., d...
Hello. Does this uncertainty principle entail that equal causes may give unequal effects, or does it merely say that we cannot predict with precision ...
Hello. I think I get what you are saying, namely that although our acts are freely chosen, those choices are based on what we judge to have the most b...
Hello. Can you elaborate on why P1 is false? Are you saying that some physical things do not obey some laws of physics, or in other words that equal c...
Hello. In a way, we can end at the conclusion that we have a non-physical part, and that's already a decent find. But otherwise, by soul I mean the sa...
Are these frequent? Maybe just because some hypotheses haven't been refuted yet, doesn't mean they cannot be refuted. . That still depends on the meta...
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