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Article #658Re: QM and Free Will
From: Jeff Dalton
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:54
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:54
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In article <27811@castle.ed.ac.uk> cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm) writes: >Contrary to the presumption of many posters, there is no necessary >connection between lack of free and determinism, or free will and lack >of determinism. It would help if posters who wish to presume one or >both of these would spend a little time elaborating some decent >supporting arguments. Look in Gary Watson (ed), _Free Will_, Oxford University Press, for arguments for both points. Dennett, _Elbow Room_, for arguments that free will is compatible with determinism. Van Inwagen, _An Essay on Free Will_ for arguments that it is not. (Dennett and van Inwagen are included in Watson.) There are others that I can't think of off the top of my head. Compatiblism seems fairly prevalent these days, and it denies the presumptions you mention above, but it is not universally accepted. -- jd
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!edcastle!aiai!jeff From: jeff@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Jeff Dalton) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech,talk.philosophy.misc,talk.religion.misc Subject: Re: QM and Free Will Message-ID: <7893@skye.ed.ac.uk> Date: 10 Nov 92 17:54:16 GMT References: <1992Oct28.135035.7336@ulrik.uio.no> <spurrett.21.720960071@superbowl.und.ac.za> <27811@castle.ed.ac.uk> Sender: news@aiai.ed.ac.uk Organization: AIAI, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Lines: 26