PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Determinism
28 Sep 2014
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Free" when we cannot determine the cause(s) that determines our will: conclusion: human beings are entirely determined by nature , i. e. by factors outside their control. We are born without our own consent; our likes and dislikes are produced from external sources. The will is nothing more than a modification" of the brain. The simple fact that we deliberate things does not prove that we have free will. It is absurd to insist that we are free to be free would be to act from no motive at all, and that is impossible. If you persist in saying that you are free, that you move or do things without cause; it simply means you are ignorant of the cause of your motion or action. Advocate of free will: it is apparent that our actions spring from our will, and we are therefore free. Will is not in fact the origin of our actions.
