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To: User900
Sure, but philosophy is one thing and real life is another.

Philosophers and theologians have long had trouble with the idea of free will, but ordinary mortals have to believe that they can change their fate through their actions.

16 posted on 09/26/2018 10:42:31 PM PDT by x
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"Philosophers and theologians have long had trouble with the idea of free will, but ordinary mortals have to believe that they can change their fate through their actions."

What would be the purpose if there is no free will? And as long as there is free will nothing is set and all is open to change.
20 posted on 09/26/2018 10:55:47 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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The philosopher Linda Zagzebski thinks we might be able to have both:

Foreknowledge and Free Will

31 posted on 09/27/2018 12:31:22 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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