tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post5067508986498318761..comments2024-03-04T15:09:00.479-08:00Comments on The Scientific Worldview: Coping with DeterminismGlenn Borchardthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394474754821945146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post-80150370834673965722018-05-14T14:12:08.377-07:002018-05-14T14:12:08.377-07:00Thanks so much for the comment. I will answer in P...Thanks so much for the comment. I will answer in PSI Blog 20180523.Glenn Borchardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394474754821945146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post-38592519135723321212018-05-14T12:52:55.774-07:002018-05-14T12:52:55.774-07:00Can linguistic determinants be reduced to the moti...Can linguistic determinants be reduced to the motion of matter, or does human subjectivity create an emergent, superordinate domain of causation? Is this what is confused with "free will" - because it provides a secondary, inherited information system (words rather than DNA) that is absent in all other species? Everything is still determined, but in this human context it is largely determined by ideas, instead of biological processes, chemical reactions and the physical motion of matter.joogabahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379849296384719875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202092988208583550.post-57250879918694617772018-04-25T19:03:40.627-07:002018-04-25T19:03:40.627-07:00The brain is subject to the same determinism as an...The brain is subject to the same determinism as any other structure. Its desires (or will) reflect the influences it has been subjected to. These influences date back to the entire evolutionary history of the brain for millions of years. There is no immaterial entity or “self” outside of the brain that is instructing it on what action to perform. The brain does not “decide” what to desire, hence there is no freedom in what is termed “will.” George Coynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05437030688390128534noreply@blogger.com