Haha, lmao. :lol:Oh for fucks sake!
Well then you've confused necessary and sufficient causes. — Isaac
Sticking dogmatically to arbitrary ideologies regardless of the harm they may cause — Isaac
If causes are multiple things, then it's multiple things forcing something to happen. — Terrapin Station
So why do you keep presenting the fact that speech does not exhaustively and consistently cause certain behaviours as if it were an argument. — Isaac
As to it being a physical force, everything that happens in the brain is physical — Isaac
But you accept that but for my posts you would not have written yours? — Baden
Sure, but that's not what a cause is. — Terrapin Station
A necessary cause of D means that D can't happen unless some particular antecedent, B, for example happens. — Terrapin Station
Glad you finally got around to admitting you were wrong. — Baden
Your "explanation" a) contradicts the above — Baden
Anyway, carry on as if anyone is falling for any of this. — Baden
Yes, you're the only one here who understands philosophy. And who isn't conceited. — Baden
Buy the way, if you're a Laplacean determinist, why wouldn't you be claiming that the subsequent actions are physically forced?
That’s the mindset at work here, isn’t it? Their actions are determined by prior states of the world and not self-generated. — NOS4A2
Ok, Yoda, teach me about what causes decisions to be made. — Baden
I'm not going to do word play with you. Of you really have something to 'teach', lay out the process of decision making and provide empirical evidence for it. — Baden
You want to try to force me to agree with you even before the lesson begins? — Baden
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