Biological determinism

ability, physical activity level, violence, and interests that are documented at a very young age. Sociobiologists have also documented many differences across species. Biological determinism is exactly that: the belief that biology determines such characteristics as behavior, ability, likes, dislikes, etc. Biological determinism is the theory behind the phrase: “boys will be boys.” which we can all easily identify, that are believed to be essential and natural in boys. Social constructionism,…

Philosophically, you can relate this to the problem of free will. It’s been a debate for centuries whether or not we have any true power to make our daily decisions. When relating it to the stimulus you can ask if he had the choice to get in the pool. Determinism, in a philosophical sense, is the belief that all events, including every human action are determined by causes external to the will. The opposite of this is free will, or being able to make decisions without fate, being able to…

The idea of free will as an illusion has become a hot topic in neuroscience, still even nearly twenty years after this article was penned, due to the controversy it attracts regarding morals and self-determination. Tom Wolfe argues, in a rather snarky tone consistently seen throughout the article, that the concept of a self is dead—much like Nietzsche’s preceding declaration that God is dead. However, the concept of self is not yet dead in neuroscience like Wolfe predicted. Rather, more…

During the 18th century, people were hanged for stealing bread since it was considered as an unlawful act of high treason. At the period of the Enlightenment, Cesare Beccaria was the first philosopher in history to recognize the severity and seriousness of a crime. Therefore, he classified the term of ‘’seriousness’’ by the different types of violent crimes that infringed the liberties of an individual (Hostettler, 2011, p.111). This reasoning introduced the concept of criminal justice where…

The concept of biological determinism is described as being an event that is internally determined to happen as a benefit of being alive and from our biological makeup (Williams & Arrigo, 2012). The biological factors that could “cause” people to act in ways that are beyond their control are intellectual defects or disorders, biochemical and/or hormonal imbalances, blood chemistry disorders, dietary concerns, as well as mineral and vitamin deficiencies (Williams & Arrigo, 2012). Also,…

debate concerning free will and determinism. In doing so, I will present, explain, and critically evaluate compatibilism. I will then consider, but ultimately reject, the following two objections against compatibilism: the hard determinists’ beliefs that we have no free will due to causal determinism and the libertarians’ belief that we are not causally determined. Compatibilism is the belief that causal determinism and free will are both true. Causal determinism is the idea that “all events are…

theological determinism, that all events that happen are pre-ordained, or predestined to happen by a monotheistic deity; specifically God. There are two types of theological determinism. The first is based on the concept that God dictates all events in human history. It is centered around the notion that we do not have the choice to accept God's gift of salvation, but rather God has choosen those who would receive salvation. The second, and biblicaly accurate, type of theological determinism is…

indeterminists who believe in free will, he proposed an example of a thirsty dog to explain that our actions are always resulting from the causes we are encountering. These causes are navigating us even we think the opposite. The second form of determinism is soft determinism, also called “compatibilism”. Compatibilists are half determinists, half indeterminists. They believe that all events are results of causes. Thus, they agree with hard determinists on that.…

many of philosophies on the concept of free will that come and go with time. There is one that deals with the actions of free will and human choice. It is the Philosophy of Determinism, There are many variants of this philosophy, the ones will closely deal with this is, Theological Determinism, Fatalism, and Biological Determinism. Now for the most part the people are divided, some people believe that we have free will, some believes its was given to us through the Almighty - being the Universal…

debate concerning free will and determinism. In doing so, I will present, explain, and critically evaluate compatibilism. I will then consider, but ultimately refute, the following two objections against compatibilism: the hard determinists’ argument that we have no free will due to causal determinism and the libertarians’ argument that we are not causally determined. Compatibilism is the theory that causal determinism and free will are both true. Causal determinism is the theory that “all…