It seems as if every day, we have to make choices. Whether these choices are what to eat for breakfast, debating whether to skip on the take out dinner, or even what to get each family member for the holidays. The Free Will argument is the predictability of the physical brain and the mental states. The brain is what we think causes us to act or think a certain way, but it is actually the universe and the laws of nature that play a significant role in the determination of our choices. The choices we make seem to be free choices, but the outcomes are more determined than one might think. So, if our choices are predetermined, do we truly have free will? We should believe only what is true and rebell against false propositions. If everything
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Usually, they are created from “beliefs, desires, mental features we possess, or our upbringing” (Sober, “Freedom, Determinism, and Causality”, 247). From my understanding, since our mind is only a physical and elementary object, so are our thoughts and ideas because that is where they derived from. I think that if we are just physical parts of the universe then we are all subject to the laws of nature and the universe. When all of our actions are random and spontaneous, yet there is still a deterministic factor that foretells actions or thoughts, it is not free will. Hume seems to claims that everyone is defining free will incorrectly. To Hume, free will is doing what you want to do. Sober goes on to say, " I suggest that if determinism robs you of freedom, chance seems to rob you of freedom as well," which signifies that there probably will not be a change with anything simply from the fact that chance is put into the picture (Sober, "Freedom, Derterminism, and Casuality", 251). He goes on and asks the reader, " Would introducing chance into this story make more room for freedom? I think not. I think you'd still be unfree if your actions were caused by your beliefs, desires, and chance," which describes his opinion on whether there will be any change or not between the two worlds (Sober, "Freedom, Determinism, and Casuality", 251). Sober has a valid argument by explaining that chance
Usually, they are created from “beliefs, desires, mental features we possess, or our upbringing” (Sober, “Freedom, Determinism, and Causality”, 247). From my understanding, since our mind is only a physical and elementary object, so are our thoughts and ideas because that is where they derived from. I think that if we are just physical parts of the universe then we are all subject to the laws of nature and the universe. When all of our actions are random and spontaneous, yet there is still a deterministic factor that foretells actions or thoughts, it is not free will. Hume seems to claims that everyone is defining free will incorrectly. To Hume, free will is doing what you want to do. Sober goes on to say, " I suggest that if determinism robs you of freedom, chance seems to rob you of freedom as well," which signifies that there probably will not be a change with anything simply from the fact that chance is put into the picture (Sober, "Freedom, Derterminism, and Casuality", 251). He goes on and asks the reader, " Would introducing chance into this story make more room for freedom? I think not. I think you'd still be unfree if your actions were caused by your beliefs, desires, and chance," which describes his opinion on whether there will be any change or not between the two worlds (Sober, "Freedom, Determinism, and Casuality", 251). Sober has a valid argument by explaining that chance