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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Cohesive Unity
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 13:33:30 EDT
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Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
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>> A cause of behavior is not strictly external if it operates through "man"
>> and his "volition".  The DIRECT causes of intelligent behavior are INTERNAL
>> to "man" and "volition", even if those causes have in turn other causes
>> which are external. [Rich]
>
>However, once you admit that they do... GOTCHA!!  Ain't no "freedom".

  I cannot accept this argument, since it appears to require the a priori
  assumption that the behavior of a complex phenomenon be reductionistically
  determined by that of its components.

-michael