Re: virus: Compatibilism

From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 13:58:49 MDT

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Kharin wrote:

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Dennett's particular contribution to this line of thought - is that if, by instrumentalist assumption, the evolution of agency is just the evolution of sufficiently agent-like behaviour, then whether or not you are an agent is independent of how your behaviour is caused."

[Walter]
I am an agent, in the truest Darwinian sense. However, my agency has NOTHING to do with causation of ANY KIND!!

It's all a freegin exaptatious accident.

The fitness landscape cares not one fucking whit about agency.

Walter

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