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Michael S. Pearl
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".If "word projection" was not a metaphor, was it nonetheless used figuratively? If not everyone then nearly everyone agrees that the...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".He is using it correctly as a metaphor. Otherwise, the brain would have to be emitting something, and you previously indicated that the...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".They are aspects regarding the issue of conditioning, but they are not central to the issue of conditioning. "Seeing" is central only...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".There is no need to frame the issue in terms of "see" and "projection" - as if the issue at hand is necessarily related to the nature of...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".By that reckoning, nothing seen by the eyes informs the brain before the word(s) necessary for categorization are learned. And, yet...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".If someone, anyone, has "normal vision", then the eyes can most definitely be referred to as "a sense organ". If someone has vision that...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".False. We do NOT assume "the eyes function like the other four". We recognize that the eyes function differently than the other four...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".Point number 1: The link you provide does not support your position. It refers to "the optic nerve's ability to transmit visual...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".Is light capable of carrying information?
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".The term luminosity in conventional usage regards radiated or emitted electromagnetic waves. In the context of this discussion about...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".Assuming I got somewhat close to being right with regards to Gödel's mathematical Platonism basis for the actuality of time as no time...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".In his book, A World Without Time, Palle Yourgrau notes that, as a consequence of relativistically possible worlds which Gödel...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".Then why did he say that points 1 and 2 together "proves"? Why did he say points 1 and 2 together "proves" if those points are not...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".That is illogical. Let's see why that is so. 1. We see the moon because there is enough light present, and the moon is large...
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MMichael S. Pearl replied to the thread “Revolution in Thought: A new look at determinism and free will".Luminosity in terms of energy is standard. However, both your "reflecting" and your "emitting" entail traveling, and there is no...
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