IUBio

re- the homunculus

TONYJEFFS tonyjeffs at aol.com
Fri Jan 1 06:27:42 EST 1999


In article <3685945f.0 at ns2.wsg.net>, "Ray Scanlon" <rscanlon at wsg.net> writes:

>
tonyjeffs wrote:
>>I see no evidence of free will in any human or computer behaviour.
>
>I agree as long as we restrict ourselves to the material universe. 
I think we're in full agreement here. 


>If we
>turn to soul we will come us against free will.
 

There is one philosophical exception to your final point which interests me .
A passive *non-participant* soul  - in the sense of a person watching a movie
in the cinema - does not invite the concept of 'free will'.

Tony



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