Perhaps the most unsettling question is not whether we have free will, but how much of the person making that decision is actually aware of the forces that made it.
I will remember "lalochezia." It explains a lot about my reactions sometimes, or at least puts a name on them. Your essay is filled with insightful thoughts and big words. What are you a PhD or something? (ha ha) It will take re-reading at least several times to fully appreciate and absorb. Thank you!
Thank you very much @dougpeck. I really appreciate the close reading! Lalochezia is a great word indeed. So is sphexishness. Although it is slightly more made-up than your average word. It is a true neologism owing to Douglas Hofstader and Daniel Dennett, I think. I am always on the look out for words that can be used profitably while illustrating determinism and/or lack of free will.
Perhaps the most unsettling question is not whether we have free will, but how much of the person making that decision is actually aware of the forces that made it.
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I will remember "lalochezia." It explains a lot about my reactions sometimes, or at least puts a name on them. Your essay is filled with insightful thoughts and big words. What are you a PhD or something? (ha ha) It will take re-reading at least several times to fully appreciate and absorb. Thank you!
Thank you very much @dougpeck. I really appreciate the close reading! Lalochezia is a great word indeed. So is sphexishness. Although it is slightly more made-up than your average word. It is a true neologism owing to Douglas Hofstader and Daniel Dennett, I think. I am always on the look out for words that can be used profitably while illustrating determinism and/or lack of free will.
one must pretend one has free will!!!
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