Granger causality

In Hippolytus, free will is best defined as the power to choose your own course of action. Euripides explores a portion of human autonomy where we “know what’s good and recognize it”(Euripides 2001: 380) yet struggle to “accomplish it”(Euripides 2001: 381). That is to say, a struggle between different courses of action takes place and leads to a conflicted free will. Therefore, Euripides’ quotes can help shape the argument that free will, while strained by the actions of a god, is still…

There are many claims, presented by different theorist, regarding that deal with the philosophy of the mind, specifically when it comes to free will. Some believe that we are granted free will that every action that we take is something that we decide and no one else, and because of this there’s a certain process that we need to take when making someone take responsibility for bad actions. Others believe that we have not been given free will that everything we do is something that was meant to…

Stress comes from many different things that cause problematic situations in one’s life. Stress is the way human beings react both physically and mentally to changes, events, and situations in their lives. By hearing the word "stress" most people believe of something negative and unpleasant. Some people are continuously under stress, that they assume the feeling is approximately normal. Stress will always occur within one’s mind, it is a natural part of life. Different people can handle…

Stress is the greatest burden every nation encounters. There is hardly a day without stories of death rising from the economy stress. It is one of the biggest health problems people are facing today, each person experiences stress on a day to day basis. Stress affects each of us in a different way or form. It tempers with the health of man, it is a destroyer of destiny. Stress is a strain on your mental, emotional and physical being, simply by causing pressure in your life, especially when…

The medieval will-based theory was a theory developed by medieval philosophers. This theory established a relationship between freedom and free will. Philosophers believed that our freedom to act was determined by our will, our capacity for decision making. In other words, our freedom of actions was based on our ability to decide and choose how to act. Therefore, making us completely free. These actions are known as voluntary actions, due to the fact that these actions can only be performed on…

Stawson’s thesis in this article was that people cannot be ultimately morally responsible for their actions because they cannot be the cause of their actions. There are three views when it comes to moral responsibility. Stawson believes in a deterministic view. This is that every action is determined by a set of previous actions. Stawson in this article first starts by laying out his main arguments for this: nothing can be causa sui, the cause of itself, in order to be responsible for your…

Think of an urge that is almost uncontrollable to ignore. This is what the citizens of Strasbourg began to feel in July of the year 1518. All along the streets, and anywhere that could be seen, the people of the city were involved in an uncontrollable dance. Only heart attacks and strokes would result in the ending of the dance. While this may sound unbelievable, or unintelligent, the victims could not help their ill-decided fate. When the first woman, known as Frau Troffea, began to dance,…

In today’s day and age one highly controversial topic of debate is religion. Has God become obsolete with all the scientific progress the human race has made in the past few decades? Lewis Vaughn explains in his book Philosophy: Here and Now ( pg. 64-66) St. Thomas Aquinas’s evidence for God. Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God are known as the first-cause argument and the argument from motion. Aquinas explains that in the universe everything is moving and caused by something, for…

Giovanni’s Room: Cause/Effect The novel “Giovanni’s Room” by James Baldwin surrounds itself in the main characters confusing. The main character named David goes through many mistakes since he does not know what he wants in life. David has hurt himself emotionally, as well as other people. According to Colm Tóibín, in an interview in 1980 the author James Baldwin has said that most of his inspiration came from his real life experience. According Baruch’s College interview with James Baldwin,…

In response to Aquinas, Paul Edwards argues against the Principle of Sufficient Reason and Aquinas’ assertion that an infinite regress is impossible. Regarding Aquinas’ use of the reduction and absurdum in his Third Way, Edwards argues Aquinas does not succeed in proving an infinite regress is impossible. Edwards asserts one can acknowledge God’s existence, and thus the existence of all which follows from God’s existence, without acknowledging God as “the first member of the series.” According…