PHI 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hard Determinism, Prime Number, Simulated Reality
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Seven (f) if the libertarian rejects certain premises and/or inferences, explain why s/he rejects them. Three (i) if the soft determinist rejects certain premises and/or inferences, explain why s/he rejects them. Provide an example of a substantive dispute. species, does not exist because she believes that the word man" means. Verbal disputes are resolved through the use of facts. What determines the definition of a word is it common usage: consider the following statement: an agent does x freely if and only if she does x as a direct causal consequence of her intention/decision to do x. Give an example that shows that this can"t be right. hitched-to-the-wagon case: consider the following statement: an agent does x freely if and only if (i) she does. X as a direct causal consequence of her decision to do x and (ii) she would have succeeded in doing something other than x had she decided to do something other than x.
