A New Kind of Science: The NKS Forum - Definition of Free Will

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Posted by Paul C. Meehan on 03-10-2011 02:16 AM:

Definition of Free Will

"An illusory emergent property of unknowable determinism." - Paul C. Meehan

Posted by Paul C. Meehan on 03-10-2011 02:26 PM:

Re: Definition of Free Will

Originally posted by Paul C. Meehan
"An illusory emergent property of unknowable determinism." - Paul C. Meehan

Or "An illusory emergent property of unknowable determinism that arises during a conscious being's existence"

Posted by Dan Ellwein on 03-10-2011 11:38 PM:

if it is emergent... then it does not really matter that it is illusory...

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Posted by Paul C. Meehan on 03-11-2011 02:34 PM:

Originally posted by Dan Ellwein
if it is emergent... then it does not really matter that it is illusory...

Do you mean if something is an emergent property then it is concrete and therefore cannot be illusory?

Posted by Paul C. Meehan on 03-17-2011 05:24 PM:

Re: Definition of Free Will

Originally posted by Paul C. Meehan
"An illusory emergent property of unknowable determinism." - Paul C. Meehan

Just occured to me that this definition is quite nihilistic.

Posted by Paul C. Meehan on 04-21-2011 06:55 PM:

Re: Re: Definition of Free Will

Originally posted by Paul C. Meehan
Just occured to me that this definition is quite nihilistic.

And I justify the nihilistic view with the following analogy:

Choose any number whether positive or negative, and it will always be closer to zero than it will be to infinity.

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