Part of a conversation that is evidently as endless as the torments of purgatory. The souls condemned to the cleansing flames, do, however, endure the hope that those on Earth will shorten their torment by their prayers. I wonder if the muses in charge of philosophical debates have similar offices: if so, say a syllogism for us.
“So, Mr Wright, does your notion of “free will” have any physical consequences or not? Or do you want to permit indeterminacy?”
I permit what I call ‘Indeterminacy’, but this may or may not be what you have in mind when you use the word, so, to avoid ambiguity, let me impose upon my patient reader by answering at length. If this answer sounds the same as things I have said before in answer to this question, keep in mind that I am merely a clockwork man like Tik-Tok of Oz, who must answer this question the exact same way whenever someone asks it, and, despite how weary my readers are with this topic, I cannot stop myself anymore than a clockwork can stop itself.
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Published on October 12, 2010 20:50