amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
First of all, this not a debate about whether or not there is free-will. This is instead a debate about what the actual implications are, of either system, weighed against the other. So if free-will exists, whether it is god-given, or just math-given, what does that really mean for how things play out, versus 'what it means,' if everything does what it does, and that we act like we act, if everything is determined
Because obviously, if everything is determined, then no latitude exists for how things could have been, or will be, and essentially, basically everything is just a process in a sort of math equation, which is slowly solving an equation for everything via the hourglass of time. Choice and randomality are a mirage
Obviously the opposite situation is at work, if you believe the opposite of that. If free-will exists, then arguably, randomality is the only thing at play anywhere.
Many people seem to take a stand somewhere in all of this, and imagine that things are either determined, or that there is free-will. But how does your view on that populate the other parts of your worldview? Because it seems to me like it must give stability to other parts of one's view set, such that removing it might crumble away other important things.
So if you changed your view about free-will, how would that affect those other things that you believe about life and the world etc.?
Because obviously, if everything is determined, then no latitude exists for how things could have been, or will be, and essentially, basically everything is just a process in a sort of math equation, which is slowly solving an equation for everything via the hourglass of time. Choice and randomality are a mirage
Obviously the opposite situation is at work, if you believe the opposite of that. If free-will exists, then arguably, randomality is the only thing at play anywhere.
Many people seem to take a stand somewhere in all of this, and imagine that things are either determined, or that there is free-will. But how does your view on that populate the other parts of your worldview? Because it seems to me like it must give stability to other parts of one's view set, such that removing it might crumble away other important things.
So if you changed your view about free-will, how would that affect those other things that you believe about life and the world etc.?