Posted: Oct 02, 2018 12:46 pm
Cito di Pense wrote:scott1328 wrote:It answers better than I could why rumracket’s insistence that “could have done otherwise” definition of free will is a bad definition, and furthermore makes a good case for why a compatibilist definition is in alignment with what people mean when they refer to free will in every other case except in philosophy and religion forums.
That's how definitions work, scott. They're a starting point, and not a conclusion. What we don't do is define something, and then conform our observations to accord with it.
What a pithy bromide, have you been taking lessons from surreptitious?