williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) (08/26/85)
If an object is completely " unconstrained by direct external forces " , then it's movement is arbitrary. No, free does not mean arbitrary. Free is an adjective, and arbitrary is an adverb. What I meant to imply is that some choices may be regarded as arbitrary, hence, free will. Science can not measure that which is not significant. John. Williams' first law of resolution: There will never be an end to your problems.
rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (08/27/85)
> If an object is completely " unconstrained by direct external > forces " , then it's movement is arbitrary. No, free does not mean > arbitrary. Free is an adjective, and arbitrary is an adverb. > [JOHN WILLIAMS] It wasn't enough to redefine words at whim a la Humpty Dumpty. Now they're out to arbitrarily (an adverb) redefine and reassign parts of speech. Are courses in English and communication prerequisite to a degree in philosophy these days? :-????? (It's not as though this was some stupid spelling error...) -- "to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting." - e. e. cummings Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr