tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post6810165891518637649..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Fixing an earlier regress argument about intentionsAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-33667874393996615462022-02-08T13:04:22.962-06:002022-02-08T13:04:22.962-06:00Dear professor,
I think we cannot properly addres...Dear professor,<br /><br />I think we cannot properly address this question through reductionism, as we dont know, and cannot know what is precisely an act and an intention. Acts and intentions are never objective.<br />The only objective thing we can imagine, that depends only on itself to exist, is reality as a whole. There is no part that can be truly objective.<br />I made a very distinct and different proposal about God's existence problem, using non causal logics.<br />Would be honored to send you a copy. Please let me know. Keep in mind that I wrote the book to convince atheists.<br />Thanks!<br />https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08F2P8S3H<br />PRPortinhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02747059570971886170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-21623225062614946862022-02-08T11:01:16.714-06:002022-02-08T11:01:16.714-06:00The act of intention in the above instance would b...The act of intention in the above instance would be the act of deciding to come to a decision between J and K (concrete example: decide what color of gloves to buy). So the non-regress is at deciding to intend to buy the blue gloves versus intend to buy the red gloves, for example.<br /><br /><br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292602256213936359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-151328558761061952022-02-07T15:10:41.955-06:002022-02-07T15:10:41.955-06:00Maybe, but if I engage in an act of intention form...Maybe, but if I engage in an act of intention formation to form J, I don't think J is the intention *of* the act of intention formation. For I think I initiate an act of intention formation with a different intention, e.g., the intention to decide between J and K.<br /><br />My current thought is that you can be responsible for an outcome of an act without being responsible for the intention behind the act, at least in the special case of the act of intention formation. For instance, I may just HAVE TO decide between intentions J and K. I engage in an act of intention formation with the intention to decide between J and K. I need not be responsible for the intention to decide between J and K, but when I come out with some intention, say J, then I may very well be responsible for that.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-78418812956536649412022-02-06T13:08:36.746-06:002022-02-06T13:08:36.746-06:00Perhaps intention formation is an act of sorts and...Perhaps intention formation is an act of sorts and is also its own intention of sorts, so the regress could stop at intention formation.<br />Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292602256213936359noreply@blogger.com