Thursday, March 6, 2008
Descartes function of the soul
descartes believes in free will as regards to right and wrong. he believes the soul and body are separate and body functions as it does because of it's parts, but humans can reason and this ability is separate from the body. Ibn Sina, the islamic philosopher, believed the function of man is to praise God. Locke says thinking is the action of the soul and not the essence. i think all of them believed humans can choose their actions, but not the consequences. will exists within the universe, which is infinite.
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I have a question that has been on my thoughts, is there such a thing as "choice" if you don't know the consequences of the choice your making. Free will to me be valid there would have to be multiple universes each with the consequent result of every possible choice you could make.
i think viggy brings up a good point with the idea of choice if we know what the consequence is before we do it.
The concept of choice itself doesn't depend on our knowing the consequences of our actions. It depends on our having a choice in the first place, and secondly our knowing that we have a choice.
The concept of choice itself doesn't depend on our knowing the consequences of our actions. It depends on our having a choice in the first place, and secondly our knowing that we have a choice.
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