[MD] Free Will

[MarshaV]

Greetings,

I wrote to Daniel Dennett.  Post and reply are below...  
 

Marsha 
 
 
On Oct 1, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Dennett, Daniel C. wrote:

> There is no video of my seminar, sad to say. In a sentence, I think that
> the only grounds for wanting 'real' randomness (quantum indeterminacy) is
> if you are worried about being mind-read by an omniscient agent!  Short of
> that, determinism is no enemy of freedom.
> 
> DCD
> 
> On 10/1/11 11:13 AM, "MarshaV" <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Dear Dr. Dennett,
>> 
>> I am member of Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality (MoQ) Discussion
>> List (http://www.moq.org/), and there has been a very long running debate
>> on James's Free Will versus Compatibilism.  I watched the 6-part
>> presentation (youtube) given by Bob Doyle on William James's Free Will.
>> And a short youtube video by you, 'Dennett on free will and determinism'
>> where you explain Compatibilism.   Bob Doyle mentioned that he was
>> attending your October 2010 Seminar at Tuft's University.  I was
>> wondering if this seminar (Free Will) was videoed and is available for
>> public viewing?   Some of us would love to know your response to him and
>> his presentation of the Jamesian two-stage model of free-will.
>> 
>> Thank you.  
>> 
>> 
>> Marsha Valkyr  
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