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From: geoff@boulder.UUCP (Geoffrey M. Clemm)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: freedom and reason (attn russ, rich, & laura)
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Date: Sun, 14-Apr-85 14:57:59 EST
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In article <h-sc1.266> desjardins@h-sc1.UUCP (marie desjardins) writes:

>> The knowledge base, the current chemical state of the brain,
>> results in a "resulting" decisions... [ROSEN]
>
>Prove it.  Do you really know how the brain works?

I read Rich's statement as having no intention of "proving" something one
way or the other.  He was responding to a question about how a specific kind
of event could be analyzed without the existence of "free will".  His
response was a very clear (and as far as I could tell, consistent) analysis
that did not involve "free will".

>Please publish this information, so the rest of us can have the benefit
>of your supreme knowledge.  

I am sure that Rich will respond to this particular comment in his own
inimitable way ...