Friday, June 28, 2019

Swerve, Free Will, Creativity

For Epicurus and Lucretius, Clinamen, aka Swerve, explains Free Will.  But, while the concept of a deviation from a rigid path seems to account for liberation from some deterministic influence, it does not quite explain why initiation of the moment seems to be in one's control.  In contrast, a sudden impulse seems more like a real deviation.  Now, another unintended unexpected experience is that of Genius, as Kant characterizes it, the novelty of which becomes embodied in the product of the experience.  In other words, Creativity seems to better exemplify Swerve than does Free Will.

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