Re: Free will
Alexei Sharov (sharov@VT.EDU)
Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:52:22 -0400
>> Don Mikulecky asked:
>> >"Can a system with free will decide to not have free will?"
>> Of course! This is the freedom of committing cuicide either
>> temporarily (e.g., going to sleep, to vacation...) or
>> permanently (using guns, ropes, poisons, etc.).
>
>sorry, but that's too easy!...what about to go on existing without free will?
>the self referential tangle here is not escapable.
Don, I am not sure I understand your question. Do you think that
there are no 'degrees' of free will, so that it is either present
or not? If yes, then, I guess, you want to say that the decision
to not have free will is like a "liar paradox"?
-Alexei