My understanding so far;
Free Will within Determinism.
Philosophy Free Will or Determinism
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 Oct 16 2009, 11:44 AM
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QUOTE(nice.rider @ Oct 16 2009, 01:21 PM) Good one. Even free will within determinism is still determinism. If one have to choose which one, then yes I'd say determinism. In omniscient and omnipotent pespective, it could be argued that the god is free to relinquish some of his power if he wishes. However there is one logical problem, for omnipotent deity to relinquish some power and give us free will to act "against" his plan causing a new outcome that is not being predicted and decided earlier. After all, this could not be a surprise to the omnicscient and omnipotent deity as he already knew it before you do it.  Having said that, I still like to say it like I said it earlier. This is because there are 'simpletons' out there who simply stop doing things with the excuse of "it doesn't matter! all have been determine". As far as I know, everything was determine at one point. Closest parallel that I can think of atm is game programming. Everything in a game is coded even the sand-box concept one. You can do anything within the game rules. The different between determinism in games and determinism in life and the universe as we know it now is the determinism of life and the universe is immense it gives us the feeling of FULL free will. |
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