Re: Free Will (again)
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If I think of an abstract concept, like for example, free will, and then I post my thoughts about it on a philosophy forum. (Forgive the simplicity, its late.)
Is this action of posting my thoughts, about an abstract concept mind you, considered an action we can debate about? If so, I think it proves free will--at least to a certain extent. We would be free in our choices when they are governed by reason.
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No. Just because we are unaware of the processes behind our choices does not make them free. A robot programmed with a random number generator, who is unaware of the program, will produce numbers seemingly independantly of causality, and thus would have the illusion of free will.
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Let me give a better example: I come to the conclusion that God does not exist and thus there is no such thing as sin. I then proceed to the nearest house of pleasure and get my fill.
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This just smacks of causality.
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