thank you for actually being a professor who does lectures because I was so lost. you explained this beautifully. now I actually know what to do for my essay. I will be back to watch more of your videos!
19:30, perhaps the mind constructs the concept of wishing to press the top button for those seconds prior to being cognitively aware of this choice. This would still, in theory, hold that the person is deciding and using free will.
4:49, while it may be induspitable that a future exists before my present time, my action in my present time will create another future that may be in deviance from the original or exactly the same because my present time is the original future's past and as such, a different event would force a seperate future since the original cannot be changed. Therefore, by this arguement man can excercise his free will and physics can remain unchallenged.
14:10, yes humans are no doubt influenced by their background however, a human being is a sentient being. They have a subjective experience, which we call here qualia. This much you'll agree. If he has a subjective experience, then there must be a "he" to experience it. There must be a self, a being capable of reasoning and thought in which case he can act. This is genreally pointed to as personality or "ego". This is unique to ever single person and is under their individual control outside of biological and cultural biases. This is where free will originates, within your "self".
You have reasons why you reacted in a negative or positive manner, mostly do to what we “perceive “ to be true. Again as the professor stated , because you wanted too .We believed what we observed , it’s a environmental byproduct in my personal opinion ,we measured people unconsciously in how we met then not necessarily what they been in process of becoming, I believe this has been one of most valuable studies I have reviewed, thank you For your time in this discussion.
7:22, if you suppose there is an all knowing entity then can not His future self not communicate with his present or past self? Surely he must be able to. This solves the issue, as the future entity having seen what you ate communicates supernaturally to the past entity. Hence you had free will and there is an all-knowing being. In function this entity in the past will still know what happens in the future but only after it happened. Imagine time to be a three track tape, the first track is forward motion (future) , the second is backward motion (past) and the third being a supernatural unmoving line which is where this entity lies. In this third line he can go either to the past or the future or the present (by jumping in at one particular point without moving) therefore he is before he is and after he is.
So, argument # 3 goes something like this: why did you take drugs? It was determined by my genetics and past history. Why did you stop taking drugs? It was determined by my genetics and past history. So my genetics and past history makes me take drugs and also makes me stop taking drugs. So, the same factors can cause two completely opposite actions. How does that work ?🤷♂
Arguments 1 and 2 have the same basic structure, which is interesting.. I suppose you could say that, the following two statements are equivalent: "a hypothetical being with unlimited intellect could in theory know the future of the universe to arbitrary precision" "the future of the universe is already predetermined"
A hypothetical being could know what I did, but he doesn't necessarily know what determined what I did. In other worlds, I may freely choose a course of action, which the hypothetical being can go t the end of time to discover, yet not be able to point to a physical cause other than my nature or preferences. If the same choice were presented to me again, with only my most personal preferences changed, I might choose otherwise. If my preferences were the same, then I would do the very same thing I originally did; however, that does not prove that I do not have free will. Having determined preferences does not negate free will. I may be able to choose based upon who I am, and that is all I can ask for. A hypothetical being will know what choice I made, and if he is omniscient, he will know why I made it. That still doesn't refute free will. There still must be Becoming even in Einstein's universe. We might not be able to say what events came first or in what order except with respect to certain physical laws. Yet, there are events, and those events are arranged in most cases according to physical cause and effect. But not all events can be so arranged. They somehow fall outside physical determinism, I take it. If I were desperate, I would look here for additional possibilities of free will.
Is foreknowledge of an outcome proof of there being no free will. There is a high chance of predicting correctly that Superman will catch a falling person, but that doesn’t mean he can't be an asshole that day. Or that the choice doesn't preceed the prediction.
@@mitchdg5303 Yes, it does. As entropy increases, for instance, the behavior of a system will change. If everything were always the same, then possibly everything would always remain the same. But nothing i ever the same in all respects twice.
crime = time. My free will allows and encourages me to not encourage myself in criminal activities, for many reasons, not to allow myself to commit criminal activities, is a free will choice.
Punishment is a deterrent whether you are free or a slave. For some people, the punishment given out for a d\given crime is enough to deter them; for others, it is not.
Regarding biological free will. 1. Wants aren't entirely biological. Does an ant "want" sugar water? We've biological impulses. In a healthy brain we've the desire to generally satisfy our biological impulses for the dopamine reward we get. 2. We can want to want. We've the ability to master our desires. In fact some people like me have the necessity to do so and create our own desires. Because those that arise from biological impulses would leave me depressed in bed until I eventually die. 3. Desires can and often do conflict. Free will comes into play when choosing what desires to favour. 4. Free will also allows us to act against our desires. I fail to empathize with someone we do everything we do because we want to.
You could've been a little more impartial. An heir of a pompous attitude of righteousness the whole time was kind of annoying. I think you reduce the free will arguments to simple easy-to-argue premises.
thank you for actually being a professor who does lectures because I was so lost. you explained this beautifully. now I actually know what to do for my essay. I will be back to watch more of your videos!
19:30, perhaps the mind constructs the concept of wishing to press the top button for those seconds prior to being cognitively aware of this choice. This would still, in theory, hold that the person is deciding and using free will.
4:49, while it may be induspitable that a future exists before my present time, my action in my present time will create another future that may be in deviance from the original or exactly the same because my present time is the original future's past and as such, a different event would force a seperate future since the original cannot be changed.
Therefore, by this arguement man can excercise his free will and physics can remain unchallenged.
14:10, yes humans are no doubt influenced by their background however, a human being is a sentient being. They have a subjective experience, which we call here qualia. This much you'll agree. If he has a subjective experience, then there must be a "he" to experience it. There must be a self, a being capable of reasoning and thought in which case he can act. This is genreally pointed to as personality or "ego". This is unique to ever single person and is under their individual control outside of biological and cultural biases. This is where free will originates, within your "self".
You killed it, sir. Great information for my paper! Thank you!!
You have reasons why you reacted in a negative or positive manner, mostly do to what we “perceive “ to be true. Again as the professor stated , because you wanted too .We believed what we observed , it’s a environmental byproduct in my personal opinion ,we measured people unconsciously in how we met then not necessarily what they been in process of becoming,
I believe this has been one of most valuable studies I have reviewed, thank you
For your time in this discussion.
7:22, if you suppose there is an all knowing entity then can not His future self not communicate with his present or past self? Surely he must be able to. This solves the issue, as the future entity having seen what you ate communicates supernaturally to the past entity. Hence you had free will and there is an all-knowing being.
In function this entity in the past will still know what happens in the future but only after it happened. Imagine time to be a three track tape, the first track is forward motion (future) , the second is backward motion (past) and the third being a supernatural unmoving line which is where this entity lies. In this third line he can go either to the past or the future or the present (by jumping in at one particular point without moving) therefore he is before he is and after he is.
So, argument # 3 goes something like this: why did you take drugs? It was determined by my genetics and past history. Why did you stop taking drugs? It was determined by my genetics and past history. So my genetics and past history makes me take drugs and also makes me stop taking drugs. So, the same factors can cause two completely opposite actions. How does that work ?🤷♂
Arguments 1 and 2 have the same basic structure, which is interesting..
I suppose you could say that, the following two statements are equivalent:
"a hypothetical being with unlimited intellect could in theory know the future of the universe to arbitrary precision" "the future of the universe is already predetermined"
A hypothetical being could know what I did, but he doesn't necessarily know what determined what I did. In other worlds, I may freely choose a course of action, which the hypothetical being can go t the end of time to discover, yet not be able to point to a physical cause other than my nature or preferences. If the same choice were presented to me again, with only my most personal preferences changed, I might choose otherwise. If my preferences were the same, then I would do the very same thing I originally did; however, that does not prove that I do not have free will.
Having determined preferences does not negate free will. I may be able to choose based upon who I am, and that is all I can ask for.
A hypothetical being will know what choice I made, and if he is omniscient, he will know why I made it. That still doesn't refute free will. There still must be Becoming even in Einstein's universe. We might not be able to say what events came first or in what order except with respect to certain physical laws. Yet, there are events, and those events are arranged in most cases according to physical cause and effect. But not all events can be so arranged. They somehow fall outside physical determinism, I take it. If I were desperate, I would look here for additional possibilities of free will.
To take credit for walking your predetermined path think about an equation, it's result is set, but it's still a feat to solve it.
For the Abrahamic religions: God could know every possible future but maybe not the one that will actually be chosen.
very clear and understandable presentation!
Very organised and clear
Is foreknowledge of an outcome proof of there being no free will. There is a high chance of predicting correctly that Superman will catch a falling person, but that doesn’t mean he can't be an asshole that day. Or that the choice doesn't preceed the prediction.
the universe doesnt some days decide to behave differently
@@mitchdg5303 Yes, it does. As entropy increases, for instance, the behavior of a system will change. If everything were always the same, then possibly everything would always remain the same. But nothing i ever the same in all respects twice.
crime = time. My free will allows and encourages me to not encourage myself in criminal activities, for many reasons, not to allow myself to commit criminal activities, is a free will choice.
Punishment is a deterrent whether you are free or a slave. For some people, the punishment given out for a d\given crime is enough to deter them; for others, it is not.
A bad pizza expirence
Regarding biological free will.
1. Wants aren't entirely biological. Does an ant "want" sugar water? We've biological impulses. In a healthy brain we've the desire to generally satisfy our biological impulses for the dopamine reward we get.
2. We can want to want. We've the ability to master our desires. In fact some people like me have the necessity to do so and create our own desires. Because those that arise from biological impulses would leave me depressed in bed until I eventually die.
3. Desires can and often do conflict. Free will comes into play when choosing what desires to favour.
4. Free will also allows us to act against our desires. I fail to empathize with someone we do everything we do because we want to.
This video makes me feel like it should be possible to go back in time and make the choice to not watch this video
You could've been a little more impartial. An heir of a pompous attitude of righteousness the whole time was kind of annoying.
I think you reduce the free will arguments to simple easy-to-argue premises.