PHIL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Publishers Clearing House, Quantum Mechanics, Solar System
29 Apr 2016
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Solar system example: uranus was not orbiting in the way that astronomers ex- pected, instead of dismissing newton"s laws (strictly deterministic), they wondered if there could be a hidden cause - discovered neptune. Figures out a probability distribution of which orbital an electron is going to be on. Others think there are hidden variables we haven"t discovered yet; the universe is still deterministic. Scenario: if due to the position of electrons in your brain, there is a 30% chance you"ll stab the person, 30% chance you"ll run, etc . It"s not enough to just say we"re indetermined. People are still working on answers to this. Hume says: we are determined; but we can be held responsible the action came from who they are; it needs to spring from their character - their character has to make them do a certain action.
