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honestrosewater
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I'm interested in exploring the nature and methods of defining random and determined events. Please forget, at least for now, their applications to free will.
For example, is there some reason for defining one in terms of the other, as in: An event is random if [conditions].
An event is determined if it is not random.
Are randomness & determinism comparable to hotness & coldness? i.e. as relative positions on a scale. Is one really the relative absence of the other? Would such a distinction be arbitrary? The idea of varying degrees of determinism seems contradictory, but varying degrees of randomness seem admissible, even inherent.
And so on. Don't be stingy- Share your brain!
Happy thoughts,
Rachel
For example, is there some reason for defining one in terms of the other, as in: An event is random if [conditions].
An event is determined if it is not random.
Are randomness & determinism comparable to hotness & coldness? i.e. as relative positions on a scale. Is one really the relative absence of the other? Would such a distinction be arbitrary? The idea of varying degrees of determinism seems contradictory, but varying degrees of randomness seem admissible, even inherent.
And so on. Don't be stingy- Share your brain!
Happy thoughts,
Rachel