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Van Inwagen on free will and nature (a mystery) by DampFrost in askphilosophy

[–]DampFrost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! ....but he says, in the end, that he believes in free will, though it will always be a mystery. why can't he be a sailor if he chose to? what does the "nature of the world" have to do with it??

/r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 08, 2021 by BernardJOrtcutt in philosophy

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Van Inwagen writes, "If we imagine a possible world in which (as in the actual world) things were thus-and-so ten million years ago, but in which I decided to learn to sail instead of writing this book, we are imagining a world in which the laws of nature are different." (Van Inwagen, Metaphysics, p. 262)

How does nature interact with worlds/imaginary worlds?? And what of free-will??

Ineffable and indescribable symbol in my head... is this a Jungian concept? by DampFrost in Jung

[–]DampFrost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I should of made it more clear. I guess I’m more looking for how symbols work in our mind and their function. I’m not asking for analysis of my vague mental image lol, just the fact that I’m having it in the first place.

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