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From: pindor@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: A New Theory of Free Will -- continuation of an Open Letter to Professor Penrose
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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 18:48:45 GMT
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In article <1996Feb20.152827.14884@nb.rockwell.com>,
Jim Glass <glass@mrbig.rockwell.com> wrote:
.........
>Again, what "caused" the "choice"?
>
>As I mentioned before, when someone asserts that she has free will, I translate
>this as:
>
>"My outputs are not functions of my inputs!"
>
>To which the obvious question is then: "Very well, then: what ARE your outputs
>functions of?"
>
Absolutely. The only escape from this dilemma is a reference to something
'mystical', like a soul, which is not subject to logic (in a similar way as 
God).
>
>Jim Glass

Andrzej
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