PHILO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hard Determinism, Incompatibilism, Compatibilism
24 Aug 2020
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The problem of free will the challenge of reconciling determinism with our intuitions or ideas about personal freedom. Determinism: the doctrine that every event is determined by preceding events and the laws of nature. Hard determinism: the view that free will does not exist, that no one acts freely. Incompatibilism: the view that if determinism is true, no one can freely. Indeterminism: the view that not every event is determined by preceding events and the laws of nature. Compatibilism: the view that although determinism is true, our actions can still be free. Libertarianism: the view that some actions are free, for they are ultimately caused, or controlled by the person, or agent. The argument for hard determinism: determinism is true, determinism and free will are incompatible (they cannot both be true, therefore, no one has free will (libertarianism is false)
