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Originally Posted by Open Mind How sad, poor Paul doesn't have any free will ....... perhaps I can help you .....just use your free will to become a dualist. Paul it is not compulsory or written in the origin of the universe that Paul must be a materialist monist, you can use your free will and change opinion |
Do you have some evidence for dualism?
Note that I am not a materialist. I do not think it makes sense to hold any particular ontological position.
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Then most of the hard philosophical problems of free will dissolve.
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How so?
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So you are saying we are Pinocchio puppets without control of our strings? How did a sense of 'conscience' evolve via natural selection? If, as you are suggesting, that actions are always based upon prior conditioning, what is the evolutionary advantage of 'conscience' unless we have a degree of free will?..... tell me how it evolved....or do I hear the sound of crickets?
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Perhaps it evolved along with altruism, with positive benefits for survival.
How does dualism fix this problem of being Pinocchio puppets? Who is controlling the strings under dualism?
~~ Paul