tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post5851035465011603481..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: Reason and the First Person -- defenses against the implications of real actionBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-19854955338291241892010-10-16T08:15:28.158-07:002010-10-16T08:15:28.158-07:00Argh! I meant my first footnote was incomplete! {l...Argh! I meant my <i>first</i> footnote was incomplete! {lol!}<br /><br />Well, there's a good moral here about error compounding on error... {g}<br /><br />JRPJason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-47341016721835942612010-10-15T08:08:49.986-07:002010-10-15T08:08:49.986-07:00Whoops!--my second footnote was incomplete. It sho...Whoops!--my second footnote was incomplete. It should have continued:<br /><br />Obviously, determination of an event doesn't necessarily involve rational action either, as the event may be only mechanistically reactive: the atmosphere's reaction to lightning being a pertinent example. This will be discussed in more detail later, although it has also already been discussed in much detail Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-25246277655272887592010-10-15T07:46:26.996-07:002010-10-15T07:46:26.996-07:00Second footnote:
I would rather use the word &quo...Second footnote:<br /><br />I would rather use the word "actor", but that word is too closely linked to a specific profession today. I will also point out that I've here used an oversimplified version of my argument.Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-75623738178762255892010-10-15T07:45:50.151-07:002010-10-15T07:45:50.151-07:00Random events are themselves causes of effects whi...Random events are themselves causes of effects which, being determinately caused, are not themselves random. A lightning bolt may strike randomly, but the thunder that follows is determined by the actual character of the bolt and actual local atmospheric conditions. (Actually in both cases random and determinate variables both play a part, but I am oversimplifying a bit for purposes of principle Jason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.com