Are humans’ lives completely predetermined? Or do they have the power to choose the outcome of their lives indefinitely? This is the question of free will, which has become a key argument in philosophy for many years, and will continue to be so. The topic of free will has plagued a gamut of great philosophers, and many have searched for an answer to this complicated question. However, Immanuel Kant does his best interpretation of the question while arguing other philosopher’s points. Kant begins his explanation in Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics, which is a response to David Hume’s view of skepticism, and thus, attempting to convey and securely describe metaphysics. In the introduction of Kant’s Prolegomena, he outwardly states, “I openly
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I was far from following him in the conclusions at which he arrived by regarding, not the whole of his problem, but a part, which by itself can give us no information.” Kant believes that Hume’s approach of skepticism will do no good to the argument at hand, and he proposes the idea of physical and critical philosophy. Throughout Kant’s discourse, he rejects the theory of knowledge through experience, and rather, suggests the mode of rationalism and empiricism. Further into the prolegomena, and more specifically the third thesis, Kant forms his argument for the idea of free will: “Thesis: There are in the World Causes through Freedom. Antithesis: There is no Liberty, but all is Nature.” Kant attempts to describe that humans conform to their own free will, while everything they do is not determined by nature. 283 years later, this argument for free will is still standing. Kant introduces the idea and begins to explain his third thesis when he says, “If without contradiction we can think of the beings of
I was far from following him in the conclusions at which he arrived by regarding, not the whole of his problem, but a part, which by itself can give us no information.” Kant believes that Hume’s approach of skepticism will do no good to the argument at hand, and he proposes the idea of physical and critical philosophy. Throughout Kant’s discourse, he rejects the theory of knowledge through experience, and rather, suggests the mode of rationalism and empiricism. Further into the prolegomena, and more specifically the third thesis, Kant forms his argument for the idea of free will: “Thesis: There are in the World Causes through Freedom. Antithesis: There is no Liberty, but all is Nature.” Kant attempts to describe that humans conform to their own free will, while everything they do is not determined by nature. 283 years later, this argument for free will is still standing. Kant introduces the idea and begins to explain his third thesis when he says, “If without contradiction we can think of the beings of