tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) (10/28/85)
[]
For some strange reason, perhaps having something to do with the
modem I'm using, the "Dennett and Indeterminism" article got
posted in mid-sentence.
The only other thing that I wanted to say about it was that Dennett,
borrowing from philosopher David Wiggins, challenges the claim that
any activity that is not completely determined must be random. The
basic move is to show that micro-level indeterminism is not incompatible
with high-level intelligibility (He has arguments; I'm just summarizing
conclusions). I would say that this qualifies as what I have called
"soft indeterminism" (i.e., non-dualistic) in an earlier posting.
At any rate, I just thought I'd throw in this pointer, for those who
might not feel like reading all of _Elbow_Room_. If there's any
interest, we can discuss it in more detail.
Todd Moody | {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody
Philosophy Department |
St. Joseph's U. | "I couldn't fail to
Philadelphia, PA 19131 | disagree with you less."