Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Musings Over Determinism

ITS ME BITCHES!!! So here is the deal, I have brought out a bunch of the Philosophy books because I feel like I have gotten too rusty. And in the spirit of amusing yet informative syllogisms, I present you with an oldie but a goodie that I came up with. I like to call it:

YOUR REFRIGERATOR DON'T WORK FOR SHIT!!!

PS - For those of you who are philosophically inept, determinism is the belief that every single action, behavior, decision, thought, event, etc is causally determined by prior occurrences. Enjoy.

1. If determinism is true, then the temperature of food in my refrigerator is caused by the conjunction of past states and the laws of physics (as defined by the consequence argument of Van Inwagen) before the refrigerator was made.
2.
My refrigerator has no control over circumstances that existed before it was made, nor does it have any control over the laws of nature.
3.
If the conjunction of past states and the laws of physics before the refrigerator was made cause the food to be cold, and the refrigerator has no control over past states and the laws of physics before it was made, and the conjunction of past states and the laws of physics before the refrigerator was made is sufficient to cause the food to be cold, then the refrigerator has no control over the food being cold.
4. Therefore, if determinism is true, the refrigerator has no control over the temperature of the food within it.

Trust me, I know this has holes in it like swiss cheese, but its always funny when I take a look back at it. Expect some more posts soon.

1 comment:

Amy and the Boys said...

yeah, i missed blogging billy! you just blew my mind :)