buybuydandavis comments on Why is the A-Theory of Time Attractive? - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Tyrrell_McAllister 31 October 2014 11:11PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 01 November 2014 09:58:08PM 1 point [-]

I'm trying to understand those A-theorists who aren't bothered by the implications of the B-theory for free will.

You're trying to figure out what the payoff is in believing A-Theory, if it's not being used to solve some conceptual tizzy over free will, or are you trying to figure out how they manage not to have a tizzy over the implications of B-Theory for free will?

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 01 November 2014 10:07:52PM *  1 point [-]

You're trying to figure out what the payoff is in believing A-Theory, if it's not being used to solve some conceptual tizzy over free will, or are you trying to figure out how they manage not to have a tizzy over the implications of B-Theory for free will?

The first option. The second issue isn't so mysterious to me, because the usual compatibilist arguments seem to be just as available to the A-theorist as to the B-theorist. (... and just as necessary, since there are still compelling physical arguments for determinism even if you're an A-theorist.)