http://www.toddhester.net/rantings/2007/01/02/free-will-2/ Random articles, thoughts, ideas, musings, rantings, and more from me!! Sun, 20 May 2012 00:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 http://www.toddhester.net/rantings/2007/01/02/free-will-2/#comment-1220 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:41:29 +0000 http://www.toddhester.net/rantings/2007/01/02/free-will-2/#comment-1220 Hmm. The issue of free will seems to me to be one of Rick's primary issues with existentialism, which I like a lot. Bringing it up seems very valid to me though - existentialism, particularly a la Sartre, seems very based on the assumption of free will. If free will doesn't exist in actuality, what parts of existentialism survive? It's so much about choice, it seems it would be rather absurd if we don't actually have free will. That would be too bad, because I find the optimism of choice that is exposited in Sartre's existentialism to be very encouraging. Hmm. The issue of free will seems to me to be one of Rick’s primary issues with existentialism, which I like a lot. Bringing it up seems very valid to me though - existentialism, particularly a la Sartre, seems very based on the assumption of free will. If free will doesn’t exist in actuality, what parts of existentialism survive? It’s so much about choice, it seems it would be rather absurd if we don’t actually have free will. That would be too bad, because I find the optimism of choice that is exposited in Sartre’s existentialism to be very encouraging.

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