Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-kirk!williams From: williams@kirk.DEC (John Williams 223-3402) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Definition of free will Message-ID: <3080@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 11:31:15 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3080 Posted: Fri Jul 12 11:31:15 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 13:15:03 EDT Sender: lai@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 14 From Webster's: free will n 1 : the power asserted of moral beings of choosing within limitations or with respect to some matters without restraint of physical or divine necessity or causal law 2 : the ability to choose between alternatives so that the choice and action are to an extent creatively determined by the conscious subject you-know-who This is where my argument falls to the ground, I was simply hoping that you would not raise that point.