Excellent, and much needed. Getting clear about core terminology in a discussion such as this one is not optional. On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 10:37 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi UTOK Folks, > > Ever since I have seen Robert Sapolsky yammering on about how the only > things that have causal powers in the world are physical and biological > entities, I have been meaning to etch out the basic UTOK position on the > Free Will v. Determinism Debate. > > > > Here it is: > > > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2Funified-theory-of-knowledge%2Futoks-take-on-the-free-will-versus-determinism-debate-3f051e77dd31&data=05%7C02%7CTOK-SOCIETY-L%40listserv.jmu.edu%7C7f4ea17d26084e4d99c608dc53207384%7Ce9333c23cac742f499895cee3d4a79c0%7C0%7C0%7C638476646041466923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0uey45X%2FqzOzwAszgOeAv3caNUtTjvKyQtAiAWKP6M4%3D&reserved=0 > <https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2Funified-theory-of-knowledge%2Futoks-take-on-the-free-will-versus-determinism-debate-3f051e77dd31&data=05%7C02%7CTOK-SOCIETY-L%40listserv.jmu.edu%7C7f4ea17d26084e4d99c608dc53207384%7Ce9333c23cac742f499895cee3d4a79c0%7C0%7C0%7C638476646041466923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0uey45X%2FqzOzwAszgOeAv3caNUtTjvKyQtAiAWKP6M4%3D&reserved=0> > > > > The short answer is that philosophers have long screwed this up as a > function of the Enlightenment Gap and a failure to generate even a > partially adequate model of the human mind and mental causation. This essay > gives the minimum necessary framing to avoid all the incredibly misguided > stuff that has been said about this issue, at least from an > endo-naturalistic perspective like UTOKs. > > > Best, > G > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the > following link: > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.jmu.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Fwa%3FSUBED1%3DTOK-SOCIETY-L%26A%3D1&data=05%7C02%7CTOK-SOCIETY-L%40listserv.jmu.edu%7C7f4ea17d26084e4d99c608dc53207384%7Ce9333c23cac742f499895cee3d4a79c0%7C0%7C0%7C638476646041466923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JjBPwDtW4FEKxbdDOlcQhyGDkhJbnQvSqrw6vhTHJoc%3D&reserved=0 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1