New chapter: On Free Will

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content/about.md

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+I do not, and hopefully never will, claim to know the truth. In fact, I [claim the opposite](/theses/axioms/).
+
 ## this project
 
 apothēke is a showcase of my limited capability to understand the world.
 
 I will be wrong more times than not, and I am content with this.
 
-## I, the person
-Out of want to disinclude any bias that may arise from the connection between myself and my ideas, I try to maintain as much separation as possible between the metaphysical entity that is this project and my self.
-
-Out of idealism, the code for the website where this project is hosted, is available [here](https://git.sr.ht/~aethrvmn/apotheke), which hints as to the rest of my socials.
-
 ## language
 
 Every person speaks and understands their own version of any language(s) (or communication system for that matter) they may know, and this creates a gap between author and reader. 
 
 Since this a public project, i.e. an express of opinion in a public forum, the above mean that if I use language with which I am more comfortable, but is more open to interpretation, I allow myself and my work to be misrepresented, to be misjudged and to be misunderstood. I do realise this will most probably happen anyway, but the attempt is to decrease the effect, rather than stop it.
 
-I do not, and hopefully never will, claim to know the truth. In fact, I [claim the opposite](/theses/axioms/).
+## I, the person
+
+Out of want to disinclude any bias that may arise from the connection between myself and my ideas, I try to maintain as much separation as possible between the metaphysical entity that is this project and my self.
 
 ## contact
 

content/theses/axioms.md

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-title: "On the nature of faith"
+title: "The nature of faith"
+chapter: "on logic"
+section: 1
 description: "A thesis on the axiomatic foundation of reality"
-date: 2024-04-02
+
+weight: 1
 type: "post"
-tags: ["religion", "science", "philosophy"]
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 The words "logic" and "knowledge" are often connected in the minds of humans. In the sciences, logic is used religiously, in an attempt to obtain knowledge, in the same way that it is used in religions.

content/theses/evolution.md

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 title: "Evolutionary leftovers"
-date: 2024-04-26
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content/theses/existence.md

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+---
+title: "The existence of free will"
+chapter: "on free will"
+section: 1
+description: "Attempting to justify why we aren't souless automata"
+
+weight: 4
+type: "post"
+---
+
+In order to define and then converse on ideas relating to free will, one must first convince themselves on its existence. Surely one can simply make a definition, as well as talk about the emergent system much like any other metaphysical structure, but for there to be a reason to do so, one must be able to argue for its existence.
+
+On this matter, there are many different arguments, however I will focus on the three that I find the strongest; this does not mean that one can prove existence, but these seem to strongly suggest and support that free will is indeed part of reality.
+
+Before I express these arguments, I would like to take some time to explain why the existence of free will is an unprovable truth. Apart from the ideas discussed earlier [on logic](/theses/logic), and [on axioms](/theses/axioms), there is another reason, metaphysical in nature, and inseparable from the existence of the God.
+
+If one is to believe in a God that loves them fully and unconditionally, one must also believe that such a God would never force them to believe in Him; rather He would give them the option to choose to do so. In such a situation, any factual proof for the existence of God is unwanted, both by Him, and by any believer, since any such proof would ***force*** them to believe in Him, depriving them of the choice.
+
+In the same vein, by proving the existence of free will, any person would be forced to accept it as a factual truth, which would go against their very nature, which is endowed with free will. Thus, the existence of free will is as unprovable as the existence of God.
+
+Having said the above, I can now present the arguments.
+
+The first argument has to do with the simplicity of the system, and involves creating a system in which free will is absent, which makes said system much more complex and obtuse. This, because one must explain why and how the constructs (since we don't talk about living things if free will is absent, but mere constructs) came to be, as one might observe them. As a very good friend mentioned, without free will persons are but functions, receiving an input and producing an output. However, **I** (a concept that does not exist without free will) can both observe, and change the "output" before it is ever expressed, which is easier explained with free will than without.
+
+The second argument is concerned with aesthetics, and the relation between the nature of beauty, and that of Truth. In due time these will be expanded upon, but for now we will use the idea as is.
+
+The second argument thus is as follows; it is much more beautiful for there to be free will, than for there to not be.
+
+Obviously such a statement is extremely subjective, but such a statement is true for the totality of knowledge. Unfortunately the nature of communication makes it impossible to describe beauty and sentiment, so I choose not to expand on this argument.
+
+Finally, we can simply make an admission, without any extra argumentation. Besides, it is obvious that there is no need for a person to justify or rationalize every aspect of their faith, nor are they obligated to answer to anybody except for themselves. It is therefore possible, and maybe even proper, for someone to define the existence of free will axiomatically, ignoring any other argument for or against it.
+

content/theses/free-will.md

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 ---
-title: "Defining free will "
+title: "Defining free will"
-date: 2024-04-16
+chapter: "on free will"
-description: "An attempt to justify why we aren't souless automata"
+section: 2
-type: "post"
+description: "Trying to define human behaviour"
-tags: ["philosophy", "religion"]
 
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+type: "post"
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content/theses/logic.md

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 ---
 title: "Concerning logic"
+chapter: "on logic"
+section: 3
 description: "Most appeals to logic are appeals to authority"
-date: 2024-06-06
+
+weight: 3
 type: "post"
-tags: ["science", "philosophy"]
 ---
 
 To conclude the [discussion on logic](/theses/axioms/), I would like to examine in depth the propagation of knowledge, in order to present the greatest result; the fact that most appeals to logic are themselves a logical fallacy.

content/theses/self.md

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 ---
 title: "A proper introduction"
-date: 2024-05-03
+chapter: "on logic"
+section: 2
 description: "Who am I? How did I get here?"
+
+weight: 2
 type: "post"
-tags: ["religion", "philosophy"]
 ---
 
 The axiomatic system of faith that I choose to believe in is the dogma of the Orthodox Catholic Church, as it was established in the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.
 
 This for most people who know me personally oftentimes comes as a surprise, especially to those that know me from a young age, during which I was an atheist; I rejected the axiomatic system I currently believe in, and I followed the system of "pure scientific truth", ignoring the gaps and weaknesses it presents.
 
-The first cracks in my absolute devotion to science occurred during my first years in university, when I came into contact with friends which I will forever hold dear to my heart, as well as with various psychedelic substances, both of which caused me to reevaluate the relationship between faith and science. The substances, psylocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide, and 2C-B, (in this order) created in me, or rather, forced me to demolish the idea of absoluteness of reality and of the nature of truth, and start from the beginning
+The first cracks in my absolute devotion to science occurred during my first years in university, when I came into contact with friends which I will forever hold dear to my heart, as well as with various psychedelic substances, both of which caused me to reevaluate the relationship between faith and science. The substances, psylocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide, and 2C-B, (in this order) created in me, or rather, forced me to demolish the idea of absoluteness of reality and of the nature of truth, and start from the beginning.
 
 Through the above, I became exposed to new ideas, new means by which humans have interpreted nature throughout the millenia of human experience, and for years I delved into the different religions of humanity, as well as the philosophical ideas that rise from them.
 
 These journeys, mental and physical, led me to many questions which no religion, philosophy, or axiomatic system could answer, except for the one I believe in now.
 
-The fact that God is, rather than not, and specifically as he is described in the Orthodox dogma, is a necessity for the system of reality as I see it and understand it to be self-consistent. Not only does it close the gaps that are left open by other axiomatic systems, but also eclipses and explains why these other systems occur.
+The fact that God is, rather than not, and specifically as he is described in the Orthodox dogma, is a necessity for the system of reality, as I see it and understand it, to be self-consistent. Not only does it close the gaps that are left open by other axiomatic systems, but also eclipses and explains why these other systems occur.
 
 Assuming someone knows, or is near to, the Truth, and modifies it, by removing sections, or by adding new ones, then they are able to create every "truthfull" system we have discovered as humans. As a result of these modifications though, it is impossible to trace back the original Truth, without the Truth itself, and the modifications and the modifiers become lost in history.
 

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