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Faldage #212096 08/11/13 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
What I'm saying is that free will and determinism are just words and phrases that have no referents in Reality.

Exactly. But the concepts of free will and self-determination built the computer you are staring into today.

A baseball bat has a referent in a physical baseball bat. The abstraction "free will" has a much greater referent in Reality. Ask Germany: ask Japan.

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Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/07/13 03:26 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/07/13 11:24 PM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/07/13 11:30 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/08/13 04:42 PM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/29/13 04:32 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/10/13 02:19 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/11/13 02:37 AM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Buffalo Shrdlu 08/10/13 06:06 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/11/13 11:17 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/11/13 03:17 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/12/13 02:50 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/13/13 03:31 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/13/13 10:36 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/14/13 02:43 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/14/13 10:18 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? olly 08/14/13 09:40 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/14/13 10:19 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Buffalo Shrdlu 08/15/13 03:15 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/15/13 10:38 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? BranShea 08/16/13 09:36 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? tsuwm 08/17/13 01:49 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/17/13 12:33 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Buffalo Shrdlu 08/15/13 02:16 PM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/17/13 11:32 AM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Buffalo Shrdlu 08/17/13 05:37 PM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/18/13 03:06 AM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/23/13 02:32 AM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/23/13 03:56 PM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? wsieber 08/29/13 06:25 PM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? Faldage 08/31/13 12:14 AM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 08/31/13 02:21 AM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? LukeJavan8 09/11/13 10:16 PM

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Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 09/12/13 04:59 PM

Re: Why is Understanding Evolution important? jenny jenny 09/15/13 09:34 PM

Re: Would Understanding Evolution add anything ? BranShea 09/22/13 11:06 AM

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Re: Would Understanding Evolution add anything ? Faldage 09/24/13 11:25 PM

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Re: Would Understanding Evolution add anything ? Faldage 09/25/13 10:24 AM

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Re: Would Understanding Evolution add anything ? olly 11/05/13 10:05 PM

With First Man's Sowing Last Man Did Reap jenny jenny 11/14/13 06:20 AM

What are Words?The structure of language and logic jenny jenny 12/02/13 02:32 AM

Re: What are Words?The structure of language and logic olly 12/09/13 11:32 PM

Re: What are Words?The structure of language and logic jenny jenny 12/10/13 05:37 AM

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Re: What are Words?The structure of language and logic jenny jenny 12/11/13 02:31 AM

Re: Would Understanding Evolution add anything ? Faldage 09/26/13 12:05 AM

Re: Would Understanding Evolution add anything ? Faldage 09/27/13 10:40 AM

Re: Would Understanding Evolution add anything ? BranShea 09/27/13 10:48 PM

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