[MD] Free Will

[Steven Peterson]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Ian Glendinning
<ian.glendinning at gmail.com> wrote:
> Not sure
>
> I agree Free-Will vs Determinism is a Pirsigian platypus, when looking
> to make objective definitions and distinctions - the point of calling
> it a platypus, (which has been thoroughly resolved by evolutionary
> philosophers).


Steve:
How have evolutionary philosophers the than RMP resolved this platypus?

Ian:
> And, the DQ/sq distinction is fundamental to MoQ.
>
> Not sure one question replaces the other analogously or otherwise.

Steve:
I'm not trying to offer any radical idea about whether this question
replaces the SOM question. I'm just referring to what RMP does here in
response to the SOM question of free will/determinism:

> "To the extent that one's behavior is
> controlled by static patterns of quality it is without choice. But to the extent
> that one follows Dynamic Quality, which is undefinable, one's behavior is free."
>     (LILA, Chapter 12)