[MD] Free Will

[Steve Peterson]

> 
> Dan:
> 
> But in a sense, in the classical dilemma, they are linked.
> 

Steve:
Right. This is dennett's point as well. If actions didn't have predictable results, freedom to choose would be pointless.




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> Dan comments:
> 
> The way I read this, the switch from causality to value does not
> introduce choice. It introduces preference. Choice implies certainty,
> which is not a matter of preference. RMP clearly states that when our
> behavior is controlled by static patterns of quality we are WITHOUT
> choice.
> 

Steve:
Another concept that is conspicuously absent once Pirsig makes this switch is the notion of "the will."