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> This would be a terrifying revelation on a personal and existential level. Why is that? I believe the universe is fully deterministic (i.e., no such thing a
by throwaway713 7y ago
> This would be a terrifying revelation on a personal and existential level.
Why is that? I believe the universe is fully deterministic (i.e., no such thing as "true" randomness), yet I also don't think that rules out free will. Free will and determinism aren't necessarily incompatible.
- harmoat 7y ago> Free will and determinism aren't necessarily incompatible. How?
- GoblinSlayer 7y agoIf you don't require free will to be supernatural.
- nateferrero 7y agoRight, will is a natural, deterministic feature
- gtr32x 7y agoIf "free will" is only a subjective feeling and not an objective state
- contravariant 7y agoDeterminism just means that your decisions are the inevitable result of the past. This doesn't mean it's not your decision. The opposite, non-determinism, means that your decisions aren't fully determined by your own past and experiences, which to me sounds like a greater violation of free will.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Free will and determinism aren't necessarily incompatible. Under the standard definitions, they are; if will is strictly determined by other material facts, it is not free. If you adopt unusual definitions for one or the other, they may not be, but then you aren't talking about the same thing other people are when you use the terms.