[MD] Chance

[David M]

Hi Ian

Yes I caught it, wish they'd get rid of Melvyn though,
he's a bit out of date.

David M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ian glendinning" <psybertron at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MD] Chance


> Dare I point out,
> that this weeks BBC "In Our Time"
> is on the subject of "probability"
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime.shtml
> Ian
>
> On 5/29/08, Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:
>> [Platt]
>> But to the extent that one follows Dynamic Quality, which is undefinable,
>> one's behavior is free.
>>
>> [Arlo]
>> You've stated before that "only man responds to Dynamic Quality". Does 
>> this
>> mean that man's behavior is the only thing in the universe that is not
>> deterministic?
>>
>> If not, since you've said a cat cannot respond to Dynamic Quality, how is
>> his behavior "free"? Or is your cat governed strictly by deterministic 
>> laws?
>>
>> Or are you going to say now, and agree with me, that your cat can indeed
>> respond to DQ (making it "free" from deterministic laws, albeit "less 
>> free"
>> than man whose respond to DQ includes social and intellectual level
>> affordances)?
>>
>> So which is it? Is your cat's behavior "free"? If so, is it because it 
>> can
>> "follow Dynamic Quality"? And if not, how else can it be "free"?
>>
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