Drafts by Peter Makovini
This project focuses on the dispositions of liberal western societies towards overt and covert wa... more This project focuses on the dispositions of liberal western societies towards overt and covert ways of seeking converts, or proselytizing. Largely interacting with the work of Professor Elmer Thiessen, a response is given to common objections to religious persuasion, and a positive case is erected instead, to offer an adequate incentive for change, particularly unfreezing of the pseudo liberal culture based on the Levin’s model of change. Results from an empirical research, targeting moral perceptions of covert persuasion seem to support the theory that covert religious persuasion is seen more negatively than covert business persuasion.
Thesis Chapters by Peter Makovini
This paper focuses on a defense of rational persuasion against
challenges that deterministic vie... more This paper focuses on a defense of rational persuasion against
challenges that deterministic views of free will present. These are
questions regarding ontology, epistemology and the philosophy of
mind, drawing on research from neuroscience and evolutionary
biology. Three positions: Hard Determinism, Compatibilism and
Libertarianism are analyzed extensively. Arguments are given for
why the first two monist philosophies cannot account for free,
rational persuasion and therefore some form of substance dualism is
advised as the best explanation of human freedom and rationality.
The possibility of creating a sentient, strong artificial intelligence
indistinguishable from human beings is discussed, and in the light of
this work it is proposed that while such entity may be very
persuasive, it cannot benefit from the kind of conscious experience,
freedom and rationality humans have.
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Drafts by Peter Makovini
Thesis Chapters by Peter Makovini
challenges that deterministic views of free will present. These are
questions regarding ontology, epistemology and the philosophy of
mind, drawing on research from neuroscience and evolutionary
biology. Three positions: Hard Determinism, Compatibilism and
Libertarianism are analyzed extensively. Arguments are given for
why the first two monist philosophies cannot account for free,
rational persuasion and therefore some form of substance dualism is
advised as the best explanation of human freedom and rationality.
The possibility of creating a sentient, strong artificial intelligence
indistinguishable from human beings is discussed, and in the light of
this work it is proposed that while such entity may be very
persuasive, it cannot benefit from the kind of conscious experience,
freedom and rationality humans have.
challenges that deterministic views of free will present. These are
questions regarding ontology, epistemology and the philosophy of
mind, drawing on research from neuroscience and evolutionary
biology. Three positions: Hard Determinism, Compatibilism and
Libertarianism are analyzed extensively. Arguments are given for
why the first two monist philosophies cannot account for free,
rational persuasion and therefore some form of substance dualism is
advised as the best explanation of human freedom and rationality.
The possibility of creating a sentient, strong artificial intelligence
indistinguishable from human beings is discussed, and in the light of
this work it is proposed that while such entity may be very
persuasive, it cannot benefit from the kind of conscious experience,
freedom and rationality humans have.