RE: Determinism

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 13:25:19 BST

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From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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Subject: RE: Determinism
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    >> Why does perfect knowledge negate freedom?

            <More precisely, perfect knowledge would negate choice. Because the
    more one
    > knows, this tends to narrow one's choices. -Down to the one optimal
    > decision, given adequate knowledge. And perfect knowledge would certainly
    > be
    > adequate!>
    >
            I'm not sure I follow this, maybe I'm missing something.

            Surely the closer to perfect knowledge one gets the greater the
    freedom- the greater the choices? This stems from the increased capacity of
    understanding causal relationships, and thus our ability to manipulate them
    to our own ends (men on the moon and all that...).

            Vincent

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