Free Will

John K Clark (johnkc@well.com)
Fri, 7 Feb 1997 21:13:30 -0800 (PST)


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Eivind Berge <eivber@online.no> On Feb 7 1997 Wrote:

>> Me:
>>A being has free will if and only if he cannot predict what he
>>will do next.

>Eivind:
>One thing is still unclear to me about this definition of free will.
>If things are random, do you still consider it free will?

Yes, if things are random then I certainly can't predict my own behavior,
so I see no need to change my definition. Of course, we know that everything
can't be entirely random , otherwise Science wouldn't work.

John K Clark johnkc@well.com

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