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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos  If there is no point in narrowing down what we mean by free will, then there is no point to this conversation at all.
David: I have free will type A!
Paul: Could you define that?
Ian: I have free will type B! Only a fool would think of free will as anything else.
Paul: Is that the same thing as David has?
Ian: I've already defined free will.
Paul: David, do you subscribe to the same type as Ian?
David: I think so.
Paul: Could you define it, please?
David: Semantics! Semantics!
Ian: But free will is free will is free will. |
Hmm.....
Paul: "Mary - I love you!"
Mary: "Oh wonderful, but can you define "love", just so that I can be sure we are both referring to the same concept!"
Paul: "Er, you are the first girl to ask me that - I'll just go to my computer and find out what David and Ian have to say on the matter! On second thoughts, that may take some time, so let's say love is really liking the other person a lot."
Mary: "Hmm - my previous boyfriend had a more impressive answer, but I guess your definition is adequate. There is just one small point - can you define "like", and while we are on with it, the phrase "a lot" is rather vague too, can you quantify it?"
Paul: "*??**!!"
David