I thought this might be a timely post on a timeless issue😉 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__userpages.umbc.edu_-7Ecatania_ABACNJ_bfs-2520lecture-2520poem.pdf&d=DwIGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=BhaNnyDftb003x-IEme6bCXkeAA8ZpeBhi-M4VbrQ_E&s=B1aMsN7idWcdzIpmCrNlvo3hacyWnMETodION8OENHw&e= University of Maryland, Baltimore County<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__userpages.umbc.edu_-7Ecatania_ABACNJ_bfs-2520lecture-2520poem.pdf&d=DwIGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=BhaNnyDftb003x-IEme6bCXkeAA8ZpeBhi-M4VbrQ_E&s=B1aMsN7idWcdzIpmCrNlvo3hacyWnMETodION8OENHw&e= > Created Date: 9/9/2006 11:25:47 PM userpages.umbc.edu James Tyler Carpenter, Ph.D., FAACP Metis Psychological Associates LLC 490 North Main Street Suite 2 Randolph, MA 02368 Ph. 781-963-1800, FAX 781-963-1818 Email: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_metisexperts&d=DwIGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=BhaNnyDftb003x-IEme6bCXkeAA8ZpeBhi-M4VbrQ_E&s=ar4oyZOf4F_1ge_iJ91EgGFrXkI_RR_b2WRamIgv_mk&e= ________________________________ From: tree of knowledge system discussion <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Peter Lloyd Jones <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 2:05 PM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: TOK From Deepak Loomba on Free Will CAUTION: This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ________________________________ Hi Deepak, I greatly appreciate you sharing your paper. Freedom is a concept that I find crucial to comprehending us ontologically, which I am compelled to do. I was a bit lost toward the end of your paper, so I am unsure if I agree or disagree with some of your premise. I wholly agree that freedom is equivalent to choice because I see it as an act, not as a thing to possess. So if choice is not possible, freedom is without meaning if not also simply nonexistent. But I prefer a wider view of choosing and spontaneity. I think that those arguing against freedom have polluted the argument with the idea that choices are individual events. The worst of it arrives with the “could you have done otherwise” argument. Otherwise when? For instance, what work of visual art I might create this hour is the sum totality of choices made over the duration of minutes, hours, days, weeks and years. Every prior choice is within my every current choice. Each choice is like a new current in the flow of my being, modifying, building on, subtracting from, coloring, influencing, each new choice. So my choices, and my spontaneity, exist with far greater breadth than just the next moment of choosing. Also no choice occurs in a vacuum. No being is free without an environment in which to be. So the occurrence of freedom is a shared event beyond the confines of the organism. Thank you again for sharing. I hope my thoughts are constructive. Peter Peter Lloyd Jones [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 562-209-4080 Sent by determined causes that no amount of will is able to thwart. On Oct 31, 2020, at 12:10 PM, Deepak Loomba <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: CAUTION: This email originated from outside of JMU. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. ________________________________ Colleagues You are welcome to read and present your critique on my article on Die Philosophie der Freiheit II (Essay von Deepak Loomba). The Philosophy of Freedom (Essay by Deepak Loomba)<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__deepakloomba.medium.com_die-2Dphilosophie-2Dder-2Dfreiheit-2Dii-2Dessay-2Dvon-2Ddeepak-2Dloomba-2D15f25ed9b182&d=DwMCCQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=xJCp0X9l-2aWE4UMxpa9XG8Jfthjhb9I9fTht8qL2kE&s=tGH5ZckA7L4WFt9V2qQRoahOiXZuJdt882jxrwh4afc&e=> I hope you will find it interesting. The kernel of the article lies in my book "Awareness & Consciousness - Discover, Distinction & Evolution. The New Upanishad." 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