I think that is a good analysis and exposition, but I think the meme itself is a pot shot at Christians who match up with the culture of the top picture.
I think the difference between physicalism and materialism in this discussion deals with substance. Materialism traditionally says everything is matter, whereas physicalism says everything is physical. With physicalism we take information and states as physical structures. I would suggest...
I would suggest if you experience any sensation of ego ( as demonstrated in the sentence “I feel as though…), then you do in fact feel you have free will. Free will amounts to some degree of control possessed by a rational individual.
Both the use of I and the qualified statement “next to...
This is interesting. Do you think we can resolve free will without resolving materialism? Would the same apply to physicalism or does physicalism (the newer shinier version of materialism) open doors that allow for free will?
You have labeled a belief. Then equated a belief with religion based on your effort to show that this belief is not scientific. We have all sorts of laws based on beliefs that are unscientific. We even have laws based on beliefs that are wholly moral. None of these laws will be found...
I am not so sure that your post here is sensical. Either I am missing a joke that was intended at the expense of the person to whom I was replying, or I don’t know. If I remember correctly from previous discussions, unless you have since changed your view, you hold some form of compatablism...
This seems to be rambling and I don’t think I can address any of it meaningfully if we have this miscommunication.
I am an atheist. Not just some person who lacks belief in a god, but one who believes no god exists.
I am sorry you feel I do not understand what you wrote.
Perhaps we should...
Yeah, I haven’t read any of your responses in this thread. I have no idea to what you are referring, or why you took personally something that was not meant to be personal even to the poster to which it was addressed.
I would encourage you to review this research with a skeptical eye. Look over the method and the results. I have no interest in paying for each article and parsing them for you. If you want to rely on abstracts and pop-science articles, I don’t think you will have a thorough understanding of...
Not believing in free will is unreasonable, irrational and, I would even suggest, impossible.
Such an incredible claim, that humans have zero degree of control, is counterintuitive and contrasts with everything we experience. Is it possible that all we experience is just an illusion of free...
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Rest assured, you are not treading on any principles of mine. I love animals, this is true. But I was hoping for intellectual conversation on the topic of the ban, the reasoning behind the ban, governments role, and the best way to the ends this ban hopes to achieve.
If you simply...
Yes the post is in part about why just add this breed to the list? Why not Rottweilers, why not any dog breed that has killed a human, why not all dogs over a certain size?
Can’t your post apply to all of them as well?
Would you favor any law that would in retrospect prevented a death of a child? I would tell the parents that I believe the individual dog should be put down, and the owners held liable. I would tell them that legislation that simply bans one dog breed arbitrarily doesn’t really address the issue.