There's got to be a cause to why you chose to look at my question, rather than choose to do the other possible things you could of done, and if there isn't a cause than it was completely random, no particular. Everything is pre-determined, think, why did you choose to do something... why did you choose to do it and not the other things you could of done, there must have been some stronger or more meaningful cause... otherwise it was random.
An uncaused effect is a random effect... hardly what we consider "free will"... the whole premise is stupid.
2007-10-26 13:14:21 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Free will is continuing to post the same question over and over again.
2007-10-26 13:29:07 · answer #1 · answered by James Bond 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We know from our practical, everyday experience of life and from our exposure to the laws of physics, that a certain effect is always the result of a previous cause. If an event does not appear to have any cause, we call it a miracle. We do not consider the effect of gravity a miracle or a mystical force: The Law of Gravity reflects our empirical knowledge that all objects fall towards the center of the earth.
The strict applicability of the cause/effect principle would prohibit humans to choose from alternatives. We would not be able to insert new causes into a preexisting causal chain. Strict causality makes human beings mere puppets on a string, dancing to a melody composed at the beginning of time. This logic, however, is in conflict with our everyday experience of life.
Human beings, as well as animals and inanimate events have the ability to break the chains of strict causality postulated by Determinism. We are thus free to influence our affairs and our destiny. In changing our future from what it would have been without the interaction triggered by our free will, we are changing the very universe of which we are an integral part.
With the intervention of free will, our future, and thus the future of the universe, will follow a path different from the path it would have pursued without our intervention.
In addition to scientific considerations, common sense insists that Free Will exists. Who would deny that we have Free Will when we put one foot in front of the other and decide, of our own volition, of our own Free Will, to go for a walk or not go for a walk?
It is clearly irrational to believe that a chain of causality at the time of the Big Bang determines if we go for a walk this afternoon, or not.
2007-10-26 21:13:47 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no uncaused effect. You cannot gain something out of nothing. Random action has random causation. Isn't it true that we choose from what random causation we act in accordance to? Free will is a random action. Free will is caused by random causation. Therefore free will is not an illusion, but a preference of specific choices of random action.
2007-10-26 13:33:42 · answer #3 · answered by Gab&Thomas 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everyone has free will... its just how you use it...
I could say or do whatever I like, if it was logical or spontanious, doesn't matter, its all about if you dare.
Freedom on the other hand is an illusion...
If I was to use my free will and kill someone then I would be punished, therefore my freedom which I once thought was real is pushed away further.
A famous film (Instinct) says 'all I have taken away is the illusion of control and a bit of skin'
2007-10-26 13:43:23 · answer #4 · answered by Sabre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the "free will" to decide answer your question. But it was determined by my motivation and inspiration, by your question being there and available, by the internet connection and so other infinite conditions.
Our range of action may be partly limited and conditioned but we always have, at least, 2 options - even if it's only in the dimension of the atittude towards it.
2007-10-29 01:20:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try reading Sartre The Age of Reason
2007-10-26 23:06:32 · answer #6 · answered by Dylan 61 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's caused impulsivness to questions that are intelligent, creative, thought provoking, and of course your question is uniquely phrased.
Free will is an illusion if we have never lived and this life IS the illusion, so play it carefully and you might be free.
2007-10-27 15:31:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree we are all bound by what we do or don't want and the actions which we perform and others do. i don't think their is a fate or destiny but i do think everything has a natural conclussion to it otherwise we would be doing the same thing over and over againand nothing would change.
2007-10-27 05:20:48 · answer #8 · answered by manapaformetta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free will is knowing that you can do something. Wisdom is knowing that you shouldnt. I could go out and stab someone right now because I have free will. But consequences and experience effect our decision making. Maybe you dont have a will of your own, but I do. Just like i shouldve ignored this question, but my free will told me to set you straight.
2007-10-26 13:23:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Free will is deciding what to pay attention to, when, and what to do about it. Its the ability to make up your mind about things. To think and choose for yourself. For no more sinister reason than curiosity.
2007-10-26 22:36:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋