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Encyclopedia > Control paradox

The control paradox states that a live or conscious human being will also be controlled either by others, or by themselves, so the idea of control will be operating on them. Certainly, medically speaking, human beings needs a certain number of control systems to keep working, but this is more a philosophy about whether or not we are completely free even if we possess free will. Free will is the philosophical doctrine that holds that our choices are ultimately up to ourselves. ...


It could easily be rephrased: No human is free from freedom, because even when they are free from the control of others, they are under their own control.


The idea of exactly what it means to be "free" or to have "free will", when modern science tells us that the states of the mind are dictated by physical processes, has been discussed extensively by the philosopher of science Daniel Dennett. Daniel Dennett Daniel Clement Dennett (born March 28, 1942) is a prominent American philosopher. ...


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Paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2264 words)
Paradoxes which are not based on a hidden error generally happen at the fringes of context or language, and require extending the context (or language) to lose their paradox quality.
Control paradox: Man can never be free of control, for to be free of control is to be controlled by oneself.
Supplee's paradox: the buoyancy of a relativistic object (such as a bullet) appears to change when the reference frame is changed from one in which the bullet is at rest to one in which the fluid is at rest.
JEP: Control: Hypertext (326 words)
Control seems important because without it, the reader may not get the message, or may get the wrong message.
The writer maintains control over the act of writing and creating in hypertext, just as in the act of writing for printed media.
When the writing is finished, however, the writer's control ends.
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