[Avodah] free will and physics

Eli Turkel eliturkel at gmail.com
Tue Sep 23 18:01:50 PDT 2008


The issue of free will and physics has been discussed at depth and cannot
be covered in this forum without knowing the serious problems involved.

See for example


Judaism, Science, and Moral Responsibility (The Orthodox Forum Series)
(Paperback)
edited by Yitzchak Berger and David Shatz

in particular one needs to discuss various experiments that ask questions about
free will.
Of course the question of nekudat habechira also needs to be addressed.

Sitting and philosophizing without knowing the facts on the ground is
meaningless.
In fact most physicists deny free will based on physical grounds.
One can argue (and I do) but it has to based on more than quoting a Rambam

-- 
Eli Turkel



More information about the Avodah mailing list