Tamminen wrote: ↑May 20th, 2019, 9:25 amMaterialism is absurd
I am still trying to figure out how the following is possible:
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑March 19th, 2020, 9:37 amI'm an atheist.
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑March 5th, 2020, 4:30 pmSo I'm a physicalist. I'm convinced that the mind is simply brain processes.
I don't at all buy determinism.
psyreporter wrote: ↑November 28th, 2021, 2:18 amYes and yes. I'm a realist and a physicalist (aka "materialist").
- Do you believe in intrinsic existence without mind?
- Do you believe that mind has a cause within the scope of physical reality?
A quote by free will sceptics indicates that it is impossible to escape determinism in a purely physical (materialistic) world.
Free Will Sceptics wrote: ↑December 6th, 2021, 10:44 am To make a choice that wasn’t merely the next link in the unbroken chain of causes, you’d have to be able to stand apart from the whole thing, a ghostly presence separate from the material world yet mysteriously still able to influence it. But of course you can’t actually get to this supposed place that’s external to the universe, separate from all the atoms that comprise it and the laws that govern them. Your conscious 'I' is just some of the atoms in the universe, governed by the same predictable laws as all the rest.
(2021) The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?
A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Why would they do so?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/a ... n-illusion
I didn't get any further than the following:
Terrapin Station wrote: ↑December 10th, 2021, 9:18 ampsyreporter wrote: ↑December 9th, 2021, 10:57 am You are dodging a simple question: how are you able to maintain a belief in free will as being a materialist?lol - what a jackass.
The cited quote by free will sceptics indicates that it is impossible to escape determinism in a purely physical world.