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| [a] Liamspeak PD |
I don't know who you are,
but I will find you...
but I will find you...
...and I will tell you in no uncertain terms that the entire Western
philosophical argument about "free will" is so flawed, from start to
finish, that it is an embarrassment to every bit of the intellectual tradition.
The inability to understand the deep social contextualization of everything
humans do, combined with an utterly binary approach to the "structures"
that we negotiate on many levels every moment of our lives, makes this
a howler that should cause (but won't) twenty-five centuries of
Western philosophers embarrassment for
not even getting the question right.
Ever heard of the ol' farmboy who was climbing the ladder of success?
His dad shouted out to him "Hey, moron—wrong barn."
And that little story reminds me of this sorry excuse for philosophical argument.
Now, carry on willfully...
(and if you persist, I will call you):
...ontological carrion.
philosophical argument about "free will" is so flawed, from start to
finish, that it is an embarrassment to every bit of the intellectual tradition.
The inability to understand the deep social contextualization of everything
humans do, combined with an utterly binary approach to the "structures"
that we negotiate on many levels every moment of our lives, makes this
a howler that should cause (but won't) twenty-five centuries of
Western philosophers embarrassment for
not even getting the question right.
Ever heard of the ol' farmboy who was climbing the ladder of success?
His dad shouted out to him "Hey, moron—wrong barn."
And that little story reminds me of this sorry excuse for philosophical argument.
Now, carry on willfully...
(and if you persist, I will call you):
...ontological carrion.
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| [b] Will Freely RF |
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