Quantum Mechanics and Determinism? - Page 2. He could just as well adjust the SIS itself, since it is the function of the SIS to filter possible courses of action in the first place.
No; different parameters in the SIS will make a difference. (Random mutation does not drive ther direction of evolution). The RIG does not make decisions, only suggestions. Yes, the RIG is where the freedom comes from. It's not where the responsibility comes from. Yes I can. Then the outcome is no more significant than the "flicker". Of course if you now wish to change that requirement to “could have wished otherwise” or “could have willed otherwise” or “could have thought otherwise” then that’s fine – but shifting the goalposts doesn’t change the basic argument (as shown above). Standard libertariansim needs refinement in order to work. Wishes that can never be acted on are nto a kind of FW worth wanting. How do you know that the antecedent to an intention is not another intention ? 2a doesn't answer counterxamples about addictions and other compulsions. The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.
Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions. Jeff Hawkins on Artificial Intelligence - Part 1/5. Game Theory (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) - StumbleUpon. First published Sat Jan 25, 1997; substantive revision Wed May 5, 2010 Game theory is the study of the ways in which strategic interactions among economic agents produce outcomes with respect to the preferences (or utilities) of those agents, where the outcomes in question might have been intended by none of the agents.
The meaning of this statement will not be clear to the non-expert until each of the italicized words and phrases has been explained and featured in some examples. Doing this will be the main business of this article. First, however, we provide some historical and philosophical context in order to motivate the reader for the technical work ahead. 1. The mathematical theory of games was invented by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern (1944). Despite the fact that game theory has been rendered mathematically and logically systematic only since 1944, game-theoretic insights can be found among commentators going back to ancient times. How to Disagree. March 2008 The web is turning writing into a conversation.
Twenty years ago, writers wrote and readers read. The web lets readers respond, and increasingly they do—in comment threads, on forums, and in their own blog posts. Many who respond to something disagree with it. That's to be expected. The result is there's a lot more disagreeing going on, especially measured by the word. If we're all going to be disagreeing more, we should be careful to do it well. DH0. This is the lowest form of disagreement, and probably also the most common. U r a fag!!!!!!!!!! But it's important to realize that more articulate name-calling has just as little weight. The author is a self-important dilettante. is really nothing more than a pretentious version of "u r a fag.
" DH1. An ad hominem attack is not quite as weak as mere name-calling. Of course he would say that. This wouldn't refute the author's argument, but it may at least be relevant to the case. A&[Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] - StumbleUpon. Axioms. Contents Contents | rgb Home | Philosophy Home | Axioms | Other Books by rgb: | The Book of Lilith | Axioms is a work that explores the true nature of human knowledge, in particular the fundamental nature of deductive and inductive reasoning.
It begins by embracing Hume's Skepticism and Descartes' one ``certain'' thing, and then looking for a way out of the solipsistic hell this leaves one in in terms of ``certain'' knowledge. Indeed, to the extent that philosophy in the past has sought to provide certain answers to virtually any question at all, philosophy itself proves to be bullshit - all philosophical arguments ultimately come back to at least one unprovable premise, usually unstated, and can be refuted by simply asserting ``I don't agree with your premises.'' The way out is to give up the idea of certain knowledge. Axioms by Robert G.
Dedication No book is written in a vacuum. Notice Copyright Notice Copyright Robert G.