PHI 107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Determinism
12 Sep 2016
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Do you think that in the exact same situation right down to the position of every atom being the same you could make a different choice: we have this ability to make choices. Each of the following three claims have powerful motivations, but they cannot all be true: there are cases of genuine free will (determinists, the world is deterministic (libertarians, free will is incompatible with determinism (compatibilists) Different types of people reject certain claims. Libertarians: reject the claim that the world is deterministic. Determinists: reject the claim that there is genuine free will: thesis of determinism the second claim, determinists do not believe in general free will or the second claim. Compatibilists: reject the claim that free will is incompatible with determinism some cases of free will and some cases of determinism. *in all cases, there is a substantial burden to argue for the rejection of the relevant claim.
