tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post5607429494573730490..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: Week one comment 3 June 12, 2017 - DonPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-65782552754033696872017-06-13T13:23:47.099-05:002017-06-13T13:23:47.099-05:00Just to be clear: James detested determinism. In a...Just to be clear: James detested determinism. In a way, his entire philosophy is an attempted vindication of our right to believe in and ACT upon the presumption of free will, hence taking that "chance of living our lives to the fullest."<br /><br />But this isn't an Either/Or, there are degrees of determination and freedom. Between the poles of chance and necessity, we live our lives with more-or-less freedom, responsibility, initiative...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-80833834490164114902017-06-12T23:15:41.552-05:002017-06-12T23:15:41.552-05:00Don, it could be argued that the series is still t...Don, it could be argued that the series is still tied 2-2-2. The Preds, the Pens and the Refs all still have a shot at the cup! But I digress...I believe in balance and thus I believe that we have a predetermined chance of living our lives to the fullest. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943082944062234473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-53755137023473864932017-06-12T22:43:03.294-05:002017-06-12T22:43:03.294-05:00Hi Don,
The subject of predeterminism is intriguin...Hi Don,<br />The subject of predeterminism is intriguing. I suppose it could be argued in much the same manner as the squirrel dilemma. You asked the question, but you never said if you believe in predeterminism. <br />I wonder if James ever considered the idea that if predeterminism is true, there would be no such thing as chance. And since chance is nothing more than a mathematical probability, calculating one’s odds of winning the lottery would be a vain effort. If predeterminism is the actual state of things…then everything “is what it is” and nothing can change it. <br />GeorgeGeorge Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443432806021134096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-8741336931250549102017-06-12T20:21:51.129-05:002017-06-12T20:21:51.129-05:00If there are no accidents like slipping and fallin...If there are no accidents like slipping and falling on ice,I think maybe not every aspect of that night led up to this that might be saying that God willed it. Maybe if the guy was a little more careful and paying attention he would not have slipped? or Do you believe that it was a cosmic event that would happen no matter what sequence of events that their night went?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com