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Old 04-19-2008, 09:07 AM
Paul C. Anagnostopoulos Paul C. Anagnostopoulos is offline
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Originally Posted by Open Mind
I cannot agree with Blackmore's comment .... what I believe is (2) ....
What she said has nothing to do with whether a feeling of will is beneficial. The terms free will and feeling of will are not the same thing.

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Paul I'm pleased we found something at long last we agree on, that being freewill almost certainly exists.
You apparently missed the highlighted word in my statement:

If we have libertarian free will, this is a perfectly good additional mechanism. In particular, the habit is formed by previous decisions made freely.

~~ Paul
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