A question posed in my
Cognitive Science course:
There are two states of being, chaotic and orderly. It is a choice between the two. Now, if the world is orderly, and everything can be predicted, how can there be free will? Likewise, if the world is chaotic, and nothing can be reliably predicted, and nothing happens for a reason, then how can there be free will?
There is no free will. If everything is orderly, then everything is predestined. If everything is chaotic, all action is chaotic and, by definition, meaningless.
Okay, the obvious point is that this is a false alternative. 'Order' and 'chaos' are not the only choices out there. How about somewhere in between? Or moving from one to the other? Or maybe, in the interaction between 'orderly' things and 'chaotic' things, free will exists.
Thoughts? Anyone?