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From: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: Only 8 lines! (for a change!)
Message-ID: <462@spar.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 05:55:58 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 11 05:55:58 1985
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References: <3518@decwrl.UUCP> <1174@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Reply-To: ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA
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Summary: 

In article <1174@umcp-cs.UUCP> flink@maryland.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) writes:
>In article <3518@decwrl.UUCP> John Williams writes:
>>1) Will implies a selection or a choice
>>
>>2) Free implies that the choice is arbitrary
>
>Stop right there!  By what reasoning or evidence do you get 2)?
>
>--Paul V Torek

    OED - arbitrary: To be decided by one's liking; dependent on will or 
          pleasure..

    Seems reasonable enough to me.

-michael