Re: Determinism

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    On 11 Apr 2001, at 15:13, Robin Faichney wrote:

    > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:46:25AM -0500, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
    > > On 9 Apr 2001, at 15:49, Robin Faichney wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 09,
    > 2001 at 03:59:38AM -0500, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote: > > > On 5 Apr
    > 2001, at 8:36, Robin Faichney wrote: > > > I don't think > > it's
    > entirely rational either, but you'll find there's > > quite a > >
    > widespread preference for objectivity over subjectivity. > > > Which >
    > > is quite strange, considering that objectivity is unattainable; >
    > the > > best we can do is intersubjective agreement. > > > > So that's
    > not your reason for rejecting subjective/objective > > compatibilism.
    > Interesting. > > > The entire idea that objectively we are
    > superdetermined marries a > conjecture with apodictically self-evident
    > experiential evidence > contradicting it to a nonexistent and
    > self-contradictory 'god's-eye > view".
    >
    > Leaving aside the grandiose jargonizing, I broadly agree. But this
    > puzzles me: do you think that "subjective/objective compatibilism"
    > implies "objectively we are superdetermined"?
    >
    Only if what is meant is that the hypothetical superdeterminism iss
    oehow more real, and the subjective and itersubjective experiental
    reality from which it, and idneed all ideas, are derived is thus maya.
     Such an argument cuts the logical legitimacy of superdeterminism
    off at the knees, for what is thus asserted is that a fallacious
    premise supports a valid conclusion, and this is a logical error.
    > --
    > Robin Faichney
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