Re: Endurantists vs Perdurantism

From: 1Z (peterdjones_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/26/04 

Date: 26 Oct 2004 08:41:26 -0700

"Immortalist" <Reanimater_2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> The link you gave concluded with this paragraph;
>
> "The compatibilists version of Alternative Possibilities is is really
> alternative histories. It says the history of the universe could have been
> different up to time T. However, I have no power to change history, so the
> Compatibilist version of Free will does not add up to any positive power of
> volition."
>
> The "I" he talks about is subjective experience, which is probably the activities
> of nerve cells and this "I" does have power to change history by participating in
> decisions that lead to actions.

It doesn't have the power to change *past* history.

> Also the argument prostrates itself to the skeptic all to easily because the
> author can't claim to "know" that a person can or can't change history at time T
> with complete justification for that belief may be mistaken and it hasn't been
> shown how to remove all chance of error.

That is completely back to front. You don't 'prostrate' yourself by
saying
things which are less than 100% certain, you prostrate yourself by
agrreing
with the sceptic that you cannot say or believe something unless you
are 100% certain.

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