[MD] Freewill

[david buchanan]

Marsha asked four questions:  

Have you dropped the words 'free-will' and 'determinism'?  If you think within the MoQ that free-will and determinism have new definitions, please offer them...  If you are using new words please define them clearly? Please clearly explain the reformulation as you understand them? 

dmb says:
No, I haven't dropped the terms. The MOQ framework but does not alter their basic definition. ("free will. noun. the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion.") ("determine |diˈtərmin|verb [ trans. ]1 cause (something) to occur in a particular way; be the decisive factor in") These terms are not new and there are many ordinary words that can serve as alternatives, such as freedom and constraint. The MOQ puts these terms in a new metaphysical context wherein the laws of causality are replaced by patterns of preference and the choice between freedom and constraint are no longer mutually exclusive positions.  


Marsha said:
If you are not using 'free-will' and 'determinism' as defined in the dictionary, than you must agree that I was correct to neither accept 'free-will' and 'determinism', nor reject 'free-will' and 'determinism'.  They are irrelevant within the MoQ.  Of course, you are about to explain the new words to use and new understanding.


dmb says:
Irrelevant? I can only wonder what reasoning process brought you to that conclusion. Nothing could be more relevant than freedom and constraint. These two elements are built into the MOQ's basic subdivision. DQ and sq are the Quality of freedom and the quality of order. It seems quite meaningless to neither accept nor reject both sides. That's not an idea or a position. It's just a refusal to have one.