PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Indeterminism, Determinism, Compatibilism
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Van inwagen thinks that this is possible, however the challenge is that it is not free will. The obviously better possibility of making beings who would act freely but always go right. This is possible, x has free will. Van inwagen thinks that it is possible, however thinks that it is implausible to think that x has free will. Hick also thinks it is possible, but thinks its more complex than simply saying it"s implausible. That every single action in our lives is exactly determined. Human beings are responsible agents; but this fact appears to conflict with a deterministic view of action. chisholm. Nature is deterministic, humans are part of nature, therefore the same deterministic rule that govern the universe govern our behaviour and our choices. Man"s life is a line that nature commands him to describe upon the surface of the earth, without his ever being able to swerve from it.
