Does an insect have a desire to consume sustenance and procreate?Typical of such an internal states would be 'desires' - say a desire to to go Bordeaux. Which raises the question of what is a 'desire' made of. It is a desire a physical object? If so, I'd like to know how that works! but if a desire isn't a physical object, then there is no guarantee it is subject to ordinary causality.
Presumably because it has no soul, which would actually be quite difficult to prove.Why wouldn't a balloon have free will?
Just say, "The Ontological Argument".I don't care about anything you've said. You are superstitious.And The Ultimate Reality is not contingent on humans to exist. If that was the case. It wouldn't be The Ultimate Reality.There is no reality without God, so either you do believe God exists or you are just saying what you think sounds convincing.
Soul = biologic ergo synonyms biologic/soul. Simple minimal brainer conclusion.Presumably because it has no soul, which would actually be quite difficult to prove.
The same way you and I do of course.... by exercising its free will!But if 'free will does not exist' there there would be no behavoural difference between a decision making making robot and a Browninan motion robot.There are entities without free will - (toy balloons for example) and entities with free will (airline pilots). With that perpective free will comes out aas a complex and interesting phenomenon.
Desire is just a state of the brain subject to physical laws. Where does "free will" come in?wanted to go there
I'm not sure it's fair to say the pilot "wanted" to "go there". It seems more likely they were told to "go there" and paid to "go there" and warned of horrific consequences if they did not "go there" within the acceptable margin of error.The difference between a balloon gong from glasgow to london and a pilot flying to same route is that one ended up there and the other wanted to go there.
Any who desire/choose/want to are not coerced.I'm not sure it's fair to say the pilot "wanted" to "go there".
Is that a fact or a (very reasonable) hypothesis? I would say it is whether desires are phyical brain states that is in question, even though it is what I prefer to believe!
What you call "desire" I call post hoc justification for a decision your brain already made at a subconscious level.
it's clear that the conscious mind isn't needed (though it probably plays an important role).
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The problematical thing the conscious mind does is manifest subjective experience. That is what we have no idea how it comes about or how we could implement it in a machine.What does the conscious mind do?
Well stated.There is no evidence that such a thing exists.What you call "desire" I call post hoc justification for a decision your brain already made at a subconscious level.
