Barr-Free Will Flashcards
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Which aspects of materialist explanation for humans are compatible with Christianity?
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Animal, brain = physical processes (excepting intellect and free will, since physics are insufficient), computers can replicate brain (but not intellect and free will), bio = Chem + Physics
Aka intellect and free will is difference
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Materialist explanations for why humans are material
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Bio = Chem + physics Man is physically/genetically animal Brain = physical processes Computers can reproduce mental processes Rigid physical determinism
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Quantum theory as a shock to physics
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Rather than deterministic iit is probabilistic (eg half-life)