From: John Clark (jonkc@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2002 - 14:10:56 MST
Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> Wrote:
>purpose requires an entity capable of /desire/ and /free will/;
>such an entity must be able to form goals that support its desires,
>and can therefore choose its own purposes.
I agree with all that except for "free will"; I don't see what the inability of
an entity to predict it's own behavior has to do with purpose, and that's
the only meaning I can find in the term.
John K Clark jonkc@att.net
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