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Re: Choices instead of Free Will

Will Davidson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:58:39 GMT

<<>> I think that our choices improve over time. But choices always comprise a dynamic

Re: Positive Thinking

david.kimball@... — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:45:02 GMT

Will, Very interesting. I especially like the list of cognitive distortions you present. I really like this. Two thoughts, building upon thoughts and not

Re: Positive Thinking

Will Davidson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:20:21 GMT

From the pdf at the end of the article: "The point of departure for our 1988 article was the widely accepted belief that accurate perceptions of oneself and

Re: Positive Thinking

david.kimball@... — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:20:59 GMT

Will, There is a famous Spanish author who wrote about a priest of a village which believed in the spirits inhabiting the wells (or the sea). He discovers

Re: Positive Thinking

Jim Farmelant — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:07:10 GMT

The question is, is it possible for a therapist to help patients to develop coping skills that do not involve self-deception? If it is argued that it is

Positive Thinking

Will — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:45:12 GMT

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-total-perspective-vortex#more-864 Some years ago I cynically pointed out that it seemed that the role of a psychological

Re: Choices instead of Free Will

david.kimball@... — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:30:33 GMT

Kersty, These are just my thoughts and are not intended to support nor to supplant your thoughts. (And don't worry about being "advanced" enough, you are.) To

Re: Choices instead of Free Will

Kersty Horton — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:46:10 GMT

Will, At the risk of getting "out of my depth" here goes... ! Thinking about choices, evolution, and "morality" as a reflection of that evolution. To me the

Re: Choices instead of Free Will

Will Davidson — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:43:38 GMT

Hi Kersty, It is interesting that you bring up morality in this context. I suppose that morality can be viewed as a voluntary reduction of freedom or choice in

Re: Choices instead of Free Will

david.kimball@... — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:00:18 GMT

Kersty, I think your thoughts are good. In the book "Stumbling on Happiness", the premise is that one of the most unique aspects of our humanity that

Re: Choices instead of Free Will

Kersty Horton — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:20:20 GMT

I too like this model, and the idea that adaptation is a consequence of learned behaviour but also rational thought. Jane Nutall and others have been able to

Re: Choices instead of Free Will

david.kimball@... — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:50:48 GMT

Will, I agree. I like the model that at the time of our behavior, we do not have a choice as our behavior will be predicated by a host of influencing factors

Choices instead of Free Will

Will — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:43:28 GMT

Choices are both qualitative and quantitative. A certain type of organism may only be able to move toward light or away from light. But we humans have many

Re: "Spirituality"

david.kimball@... — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:23:25 GMT

Will, I agree in that I also am uncomfortable with the term "spiritual". It smacks too much of "the spirit world". As to your comments about our quest being

"Spirituality"

Will — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:00:25 GMT

I really do not like the word spiritual. Mainly because the meaning of the word is nebulous and encompasses ideas that we as Naturalists should eschew. I am