ChristopherColumbus
Master Don Juan
Yes, best to keep it simple. And then it's not a question of knowledge/ certainty but of belief - everything boils down to belief at the end of the day.... coherent belief.
Here's the simplest way of looking at it:
Whenever I engage in rationality/ philosophic deliberation, I assume that something can be true or false. I assume a 'faculty' within myself which can choose between the two.
Therefore rationality presupposes free will.
And yet the rational will is not chaotic. There seems to be an intelligible order to which it orientates itself. Self-determination consists in aligning ourselves with this.
As far as delving into it deeper goes, I'd recommend a reading of Kant to anyone interested. Here we have a fellow with a foot in both worlds.
Here's the simplest way of looking at it:
Whenever I engage in rationality/ philosophic deliberation, I assume that something can be true or false. I assume a 'faculty' within myself which can choose between the two.
Therefore rationality presupposes free will.
And yet the rational will is not chaotic. There seems to be an intelligible order to which it orientates itself. Self-determination consists in aligning ourselves with this.
As far as delving into it deeper goes, I'd recommend a reading of Kant to anyone interested. Here we have a fellow with a foot in both worlds.
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