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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    Free will is making choices of our own will, therefore not being dependent on anything else to make said choice, in other words, not using knowledge.
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    I have faith that awareness is awareness, as that seems to allow me to do things like post in this forum. But to say that what I seem to be aware of is all there is would just be arrogance on my part, it would be to say that I know everything there is I need to know to say anything is true.
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    "I certainly know something, although I may not understand what that something is entirely. I may have once known nothing, but I don't know that this has ever been true, so using logical lines of reason, I am required to admit that I at least know something and that the concept of ever being in...
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    You DO realize that the post in this thread is my own, NOT yours??
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    Uh, no. I think therefore I am, is the assumption that having awareness means that you exist, but if awareness is not awareness, it may not have that effect, you must just think you exist but actually don't.
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    Ok?
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    Absolute knowledge doesn't eliminate free will because either, our choices come from us, or they don't, the latter meaning that we don't have free will. True free will is to make choices which are not based on knowledge that does not come from the self, choices which are not influenced by what's...
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    And exactly how am I supposed to know that beforehand? So many people reply to me saying things which imply they believe in free will, only to say later that they actually don't, and it's ridiculous that I would assume that. I mean, really, are you all just that oblivious to how a person might...
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    As I'm sure you're aware, people have a will, after all, you have to put at least a bit of willpower into any action you make. The issue is, all of our actions are based on knowledge, on certainty, but if all of our knowledge is faith based, and if the first knowledge we've learned we did not do...
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    You can think whatever you want I guess, but to me, you haven't pointed out any flaws at all. But no, I'm not going to debate with you about this anymore since I don't feel like you're truly taking this debate seriously, in that I feel like you're using the strawperson argument. Maybe I'm wrong...
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    Your argument seems to be, "Well, we just gain free will because I said so, therefore you are wrong." I add in my views of us gaining free will after we die because many have made the argument that since you don't believe free will exists, you can't argue that we don't have it now. This is the...
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    Yes, assume, but it still requires faith since you don't know, and since you don't know, why would you assume if you have free will? What is motivating you to do so? Yes, motivating, not because of free will.
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    If our awareness isn't actually awareness, then that means it just seems like awareness. So all you're saying is that because it seems like we have awareness is why you're using awareness to make this argument, and that's why you're wrong... do you understand the issue here?
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    The Liar's Paradox: Words as Mirrors of Understanding

    Do not play dumb with me, I understand exactly how manipulative you're being "You seem to think I am pretending to be an old person with a college education and a strong academic background in the subject we are discussing" Yes, because that is what you implied. You saying thank you for the...
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    The Liar's Paradox: Words as Mirrors of Understanding

    Did you not read this part, "Application to the Sorites Paradox" of my post? Had you, I think you would have understood my post better, as to why sentences, words, etc. don't have truth values. The reason why I didn't think you read it, is because I've posted this post on other websites, and...
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    The Liar's Paradox: Words as Mirrors of Understanding

    I feel like you didn't actually read my full post, that you felt like you understood enough to say a response, predicting what the rest would be about given how little your response has to do with my post. And I still think my argument that sentences do not have truth values is correct, since...
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    And how do you know that your awareness of anything is truly awareness of anything? What if awareness isn't awareness at all? How can you say that evidence is evidence that evidence is real without using circular reasoning?
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    Why we don't have free will using logic

    Socrates famously proclaimed that he knew that he knew nothing. However, I disagree both with the notion that he knew that he knew nothing and with the idea that he knew that he knew anything at all. You might find this contradictory but allow me to explain. (Also, I am aware that Socrates never...
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    The Liar's Paradox: Words as Mirrors of Understanding

    Introduction: The Liar's Paradox, encapsulated in the statement "This statement is false," has perplexed philosophers and logicians for centuries. This seemingly self-referential statement presents a challenge to our understanding of truth and language, as it appears to defy traditional logic...
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