Re: Unusual line of reasoning in Kant's response to the antinomy of free will

On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:00:51 -0800, chazwin <chazwyman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>On Nov 10, 1:47 am, Don Stockbauer <donstockba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Humans have free will.  An emergent phenomenon from their complexity.
>
>How do you make a choice?
>On what basis do you decide?
>In what way is your will free?
>What are the limits?
>
>You mistake determinism with determinability.
>We are all determined to act according to our genes, knowledge,
>experience and situation. The complexity of humans makes predicting
>these actions with accuracy and certainty impossible. This does not
>deny determinism, and leaves no room for free-will.
>Free-will does not exist. though I freely wish to be conveyed on a
>cloud with a dozen maidens waiting on me hand and foot it is not going
>to happen. I am bound by my conceptual horizon and the possibilities
>of my environment. My choices are determined by what I know and what
>my motiation is.
>I cannot escape my motivation, thankfully.

Unfortunately, if something complex and unknown to reason causes you
to believe that, then there is no way you can know if it's true or
not.


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