A Sense of Free Will: the consciousness quagmire (Introduction)

by romansh ⌂ @, Saturday, September 05, 2015, 15:54 (3155 days ago) @ David Turell
edited by romansh, Saturday, September 05, 2015, 16:01

If your actions are not a result of your beliefs thoughts etc then what are they a result of?
> My actions are the result of my decisions. 
Yes ... decision and will are in effect synonymous in this case as are wish, want etc.-So are you decisions independent of cause and effect?-> That is the only cause and effect. 
The only cause and effect? ... This requires some elaboration. You can't put cause and effect into some metaphorical box and think of the contents as isolated. -> Some of the independent processes in the brain are developed to help us understand reality, not to control our thoughts or actions.
Independent processes? Which processes are these? Independent of the foods and liquids we have partaken? Independent of our experiences? Independent of chemistry and physics? -Exactly in what narrow sense are these processes independent?


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