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    Fate vs free will in Hamlet and Oedipus Outline Introduction: Fate can be defined as “a power that determines the event in the future. In the fate the events of man are already determined.” What is freewill? “The power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one’s own discretion.” Does mankind have the ability to choose his fate, or is mankind doomed to live a predetermined life? In the story of Oedipus, fate has determined his tragic ending. In Hamlet,…

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    Freedom and determinism is a philosophical puzzle that attempts to further define other topics, such as the essence of a person and constitutes as a response to the problem of evil. Freedom and determinism goes beyond the abstract realm of philosophy, but bears on practical and political questions as well, such as if people are actually responsible for criminal actions or not. There are four principles of freedom and determinism: The principle of universal causation (PUC) Every event has a cause…

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    In Riddles of Existence, Conee and Sider go over the description of free will. In this paper I will be discussing the problems of free will and also the determinist, libertarian, and compatibilist responses to this problem. I will also be mentioning some benefits and drawbacks of each position and the responses of a few philosophers. Free will consists of two beliefs. Belief one believes you have free will and the main point of belief one is that most people can act freely. Therefore, there…

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    This means you control your own experience — you are really in charge of your affairs and the way they are to develop. Let us sum it up this way: My thought is in control of my experience and I can direct my thinking.” The Basic Ideas of Science of Mind, pg. 9 This is the full extent of Science of Mind teachings on mental control, self-control, or being in control: you may control your own experience. You may not control…

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    During this paper I will discuss Kant’s ideas on moral freedom. I will also discuss the defense of these ideas in the face of three critiques by Andrew Ward. I will then conclude with my remarks and thoughts upon the subject matter. Kant was a firm believer in moral freedom. Kant proposed that we have moral freedom through two different worlds. These worlds are the phenomenal world and the noumenal world. The phenomenal world is the world in which we live; this is the world of appearances.…

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    determinism is true, every event in the world is caused, and that free will still exist. I will explore Walter Terrence Stace’s version of compatibilism, explaining why he thinks learned professors of philosophy and psychology incorrectly define free will by confusing the meaning of the words. I will assess Stace’s argument; that indeterminism is not what it is meant by the phrase “free will.” Freedom is compatible with causal determinism because free will can be determined by the psychological…

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    Brittany Kozlowski Dr. Bachyrycz Philosophy 120 12/11/14 In the middle of the 18th century there was a great philosopher named David Hume. Hume could be compared to some of the best philosophers to ever exist. Hume was a man that was committed to the truth. Hume believed in determinism which is the view that all events, including human actions, are necessitated, or caused, by conditions prior to the occurrence of the event. Hume said “It is universally allowed that matter in all its operations,…

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    Free will is a voluntary act and by definition, it is being able to act on one’s own beliefs and desires. The question of whether or not humans have free will is one that has been discussed for centuries. Do we, as humans, have the ability to act at one’s own discretion? Before getting into free will and all the topic has to offer, it is important to understand the topics of freedom and determinism. When we discus freedom, we usually discuss the idea that each and every person has control of…

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    intercepts 1.7 billion emails, phone calls, instant messages, bulletin-board postings, and other communications” (Singer 425). With this amount of information being tracked every day, it is hard for an individual to feel safe and trust the government, in my opinion. An extreme number of individuals are being tracked without possibly doing anything wrong but living. There is no reason why people with no lawbreaking crimes are being tracked without their consent, it is not right and unfair to…

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    Causal Argument Analysis

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    Causal arguments are always invalid since there is no guarantee of any truth between the premises and the conclusion of the statement. Causal arguments base their truth on the degree of likelihood or probability as the cause of a certain circumstance. A causal argument asserts that there exists a correlation between the occurrences of two events in a particular situation. It asserts that the occurrence of one event is dependent on the other such that occurrence of “X” happened as a result of…

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