Summary of A.J. Ayer’s Freedom and Necessity In Ayer’s essay Freedom and Necessity, he discusses his argument for the idea of Determinism, which states that humans act the way they do because of the way existing factors in their lives make them do so, and that it is not a product of their freewill. He also discusses that these already existing factors are known as casual laws, which are past experiences, feelings, and other factors that make people formulate whom they are. Ayer also states that he believes that the theory of Determinism and the idea of freewill can coexist. But he explains that even though people are drawn to act a certain way by these laws, they are not constrained to their choices and ultimately
Summary of A.J. Ayer’s Freedom and Necessity In Ayer’s essay Freedom and Necessity, he discusses his argument for the idea of Determinism, which states that humans act the way they do because of the way existing factors in their lives make them do so, and that it is not a product of their freewill. He also discusses that these already existing factors are known as casual laws, which are past experiences, feelings, and other factors that make people formulate whom they are. Ayer also states that he believes that the theory of Determinism and the idea of freewill can coexist. But he explains that even though people are drawn to act a certain way by these laws, they are not constrained to their choices and ultimately