Re: Determinism

From: Robin Faichney (robin@reborntechnology.co.uk)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 09:35:57 BST

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    On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:01:41AM -0500, joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
    > 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.

    And do you think that's what I mean?

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