I think it would be fun to meet up with some of you and discuss Nathaniel Branden's work. Does anybody live in NYC? Perhaps we can schedule a picnic or...
Hi Ryan, I think you're the same person on my Evite list for Oist events in NYC, right? Anyway, I've been organizing Oist social events in NYC for some time, ...
Within a short while, the entire serious of talks with Ken Wilber will be available on my web site. Nathaniel Branden www.nathanielbranden.net [Non-text...
... be available on my web site. we're looking forward to it, dr branden. and may i add that that's a perfect apropos freudian slip? : ) michael r. brown ...
Fancy seeing you here Lou! I had no idea you thought highly of Dr. Branden! It his work that introduced me to Objectivism. I look forward to meeting you at...
I want to offer a couple of observations about the debate between Psychological. Determinism and the Objectivist concept of volition. My purpose here is not to...
In a message dated 9/07/05 08:51:20 US Mountain Standard Time, n6666b@... writes: The idea of psychological freedom, or free will, in Objectivism, applies...
... First, you cannot choose not to think or you should have to render yourself unconscious. Neither is there a dichotomy "to focus your mind" or "not to focus...
... much ... Are you sure about all that? I don't want to insult you with more simplicity, but... For instance- one thing you ~can~ do is play around with it...
In a message dated 7/9/2005 9:15:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... I mean fy "thinking" focused purposeful awareness. Please read my discussion of this in "Art...
One more point of clarification: I wrote too much in shorthand. As you will see in "Living Consciously," I really mean by "free will" the freedom to raise...
... you will ... freedom to ... intentionally lower ... It seems to me like a lot of people start pulling out of discussions any time awareness or experience...
... Entering a minority opinion on the issue of which way -- toward volitionism or toward (true, "hard") determinism -- "compatibilism" devolves... Although I...
... above. I think ... one thinks, ... semantical than ... discussion ... thinking," ... ______________ Not quite, but most of it. Anyway, I can't think about...
... Not that long ago I had a lengthy discussion with a student of Dennett's, a rather passionate 'compatibilist determinist.' He was a bright, well-read young...
... given moment one and only one possible future. We are "free" to "choose" that one future, in that view. the problem - as bergson points out (at least...
... I don't think "moment" is central to the claim. The claim is that 'the future is fixed' and the "moment" merely locates the future in relation to the...
... this claim, too, is problematic. the future does not exist yet. again, this turns out more to be an epistemic statement than a metaphysical one. ... no,...
... www.nathanielbranden.net (or .com)? at a quick look, i like it a lot. the front page with the marbled background felt like opening a good book. i like the...
... Understand that I am not /agreeing/ with that view. See below regarding time as, not a metaphysical problem but as an issue of mind. ... Nor would it need...
Nathaniel, What the heck is all this about? Do you want to converse on whether the will of man is free (has actual has libertarian free will)? It has been a...
... discussion ... thinking," ... 1st: Please reproduce said discussion from "Art of Living Consciously" for those that don't have access to it. And the...
... Hi Ellen: Haven't encountered you for awhile. Takes a philosophy discussion to bring us out of the woodwork, I suppose. ... Ellen, would you mind briefly...
... As you will ... freedom to ... intentionally lower ... Nathaniel, How does the individual "raise" or "not to bother" or "intentionally lower" if not by...
... WITHOUT NECESSITATING AN INFINITE CHAIN OF THESE CONTROLLING THOUGHTS? OR DO YOU JUST NOT SEE WHAT YOU ARE IMPLYING? do you think nb is more likely to...
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