Posted: Feb 18, 2017 2:14 pm
by DavidMcC
archibald wrote:The options are 'apparent' in the sense that you do not get to choose them freely, so they are not 'really' options, in that sense. In another sense they are real, a choice between a tomato or an apple for instance. There are choices, they get made, but not freely, that's all.

I note that you have given a trivial example, but what about choosing a college or university when you get good enough grades to get offers from several.
I say this because I note years ago that no-free-willers like to play this particular gambit.