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Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

Corliss Lamont

Intuition does not in itself amount to knowledge, yet cannot be disregarded by philosophers and psychologists.

Tags: knowledge

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.

Corliss Lamont

The cause-effect sequences in our brains are just as determining, just as inescapable, as anywhere else in Nature.

Tags: brains, causally determined, cause and effect, determinism, lack of free will, laws of nature, nature, neuroscience, no free will, science

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Corliss Lamont (March 28, 1902 – April 26, 1995) was an American socialist and humanist philosopher and advocate of various left-wing and civil liberties causes. As a part of his political activities, he was the Chairman of National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, starting from the early 1940s.

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

Corliss Lamont

I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

Tags: freedom, man, decisions, believe

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

Corliss Lamont

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

Tags: freedom, character, self

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

Corliss Lamont

The intuition of free will gives us the truth.

Tags: free, intuition, free will