PHIL 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indeterminism, Mind Control, Compatibilism
18 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
April 12, 2018 week 2b - freedom and determinism. Rational arguments vs: non-rational persuasion, erroneous and fallacious argument. Kinds of logical arguments: deductive, inductive, abductive. Validity without truth: conditional conclusions, testing assumptions. This argument is: valid but unsound, invalid but sound, valid but sound, invalid and unsound. You had the option not to be here, but you decided to come to class and acted on that decision. You are free to act even if you were under . The freedom at stake here is basic freedom to act. The one you lack when you have no alternative open options rather than just fewer choiceworthy options. Because it seems to be a precondition for: deliberation, responsibility. Which are not held accountable for their behavior". By contrast, we: deliberate and choose, act in light of our choices, hold each other accountable and responsible. There is plausible view of how the world works.
