The Bastard Sons of Oedipus: Episode 8
http://www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2021/04/podcast-bastard-sons-of-oedipus-episo...
#athinsliceofanxiety #freewill #determinism #compatibalism #freedom #illusion #streaming #now #whatthefuck
The Bastard Sons of Oedipus: Episode 8
http://www.athinsliceofanxiety.com/2021/04/podcast-bastard-sons-of-oedipus-episo...
#athinsliceofanxiety #freewill #determinism #compatibalism #freedom #illusion #streaming #now #whatthefuck
My new #bookspin: Freedom - Jonathan Franzen & my new #doublespin: The story of Edgar Sawtelle - David Wroblewski.
Huge books and what a coincidence: They both have 562 pages exactly.
January.
@TheAromaofBooks
I like that the library allows me to be curious while on a budget.
Pro. Kane launched a theory of libertarianism in this book. Libertarians believe that the free will is not compatible with determinism.
I've always wondered what "time is relative" even means but never enough to look it up
And like thirty pages into this freaking book they just slap me in the face with the answer
I just-
Everything I've ever known is a lie!
Time is relative to your reference frame in the same way velocity is relative to your reference frame
Physics is nuts and I love it!
Genre: Educational
Author: Sam Harris
Date Started: 12/19/2019
Date Completed: 12/120/2019
How did you choose this book: Found it online, it seemed really interesting.
Write a brief summary of the novel:
The book talks about how free will is just an illusion. It talks about how, sure, you can do things consciously, but everything you do consciously is the determined by the causes that were out of your control.
POC main character - paranormal
#booked2019 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
Tempest Landry is mistakenly killed by police in harlem,on reaching St Peter at heaven's gates his sins are such he must go to hell, he refuses + returns to earth in new body where joshua angel has to persuade him to accept his sins to save order whilst basel bob tries to draw him to hell. Philosophical, interesting + funny a gr8 addition to 2019's rds
This is oddly philosophical. It‘s philosophical science fiction. I love it. So many interesting musings on war, on death, and now on free will.
#KurtVonnegut #SlaughterhouseFive #50thAnniversary #philosophy #freewill #war #death
Though Dennett claims this is about thinking tools and discussing thinking problems ("boom crutches"), the Boston Globe is more accurate: "an excellent introduction to Dennett's body of thought." Thus, Intuition Pumps is less "how to think" and more "how to think like Dennett thinks" That being said, there are some valuable thought experiments here to get the mind going about important subjects like evolution, consciousness, and free will.