[ExI] free will.

[Will Steinberg]

Sorry, by 'free will' I meant "the qualia one feels when he or she does the
thing which people usually call 'making a decision.'"

Unless of course,  John, you are a zombie!
On Dec 26, 2011 12:37 PM, "john clark" <jonkc at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On *Sun, 12/25/11, Will Steinberg <steinberg.will at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
> "Or, the decision to disbelieve free will contradicts itself?  ;)"
>
> The only way I know of to attach meaning to the noise "free will" is if it
> meant the inability to always predict what one will do even in a unchanging
> environment; others may know what you are going to do next but you won't
> know until the instant you actually do it. Unfortunately I have never
> actually heard anyone use the term with that meaning in mind (except for
> me). So "free will" remains just an annoying sound that human beings like
> to make with their mouth. Cows say "moo", ducks say "quack", and people say
> "free will".
>
>   John K Clark
>
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