Free body diagram

Will Abrahamson 11/30/17 Phil: 1153 Machines and Free Will Thesis: I believe that machines have free will. The definition of free will I am going to use for this paper comes from Thomas Hobbes. It basically states that; they’re being nothing preventing us from doing what we want to do . In the case of this definition, we are not the cause of free will, there is no obstacle in our way is. This view is called “compatiblism” according to the Stanford Enclyopedia of Philosophy and Hobbes…

beings are complex machines, whose behaviors, characteristics and functions can all be explained in mechanical terms. For example, a thing like sensation would involve a series of mechanical processes in the human body. He didn’t believe that humans had a soul or mind that’s distinct from its body. Hobbes would probably conclude that this replicants are humans too because of the mechanical similarities we both have in reasoning and physical function. A philosopher who would disagree…

Answering the Checklist Questions: The Critical Decisions 1. Scale of measurement? Both the F and the A-S scales are considered to be interval measures distributed normally in the population. Use Fig. 10. 2. Hypothesis? The hypothesis in this case is one of association. (One group is being measured on two different response dimensions). We can never test for differences between completely unrelated measures. 3. If the hypothesis of difference is tested, are the groups independent or…

comforting to think that maybe it was fate all along. The play Oedipus Rex and the Broadway musical If/Then both show that fate is ultimately unalterable and how knowledge changes the way we use our free will in our lives leading up to that fate. Fate is the way life ends up, regardless of the way we use free will in all of the choices we make in between. In Oedipus Rex, both Oedipus and Laius seemingly have choices to avoid fulfilling their prophecies, whether by leaving home or killing…

of the most influential philosophers of the modern age, Albert Einstein, once said, “ I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine philosophically. In that respect I am not a Jew”(Albert Einstein). What is freewill? The philosophical definition of free will is,” the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine…

worse crimes. You would expect God to hand out punishments fairly but he does not. (B) The explanations that I best agree with comes from Rachels Evil that evil is the result of our free will and Boice’s evil that some suffering is caused by us. I view these two explanations as one and the same. We are all born with free will. We are able to choose what we eat, wear, say, etc…. So it is only naturally that…

Assuming an understanding of Sartre’s division of the Being in-itself from the Being for-itself and the characterization of the being for-itself with its relation to nothingness, we may advance a description of Sartre’s concept of bad faith as a lie to ourselves in which we attempt to construct our Being into a “little God” (Sartre, 1984, pp. 81) by asserting our essence in the Being in-itself while maintaining our transcendence. This comes as a desire to assuage the anguish brought upon by the…

Many have posed the question, “Is doing the wrong thing for the right reasons ever right?” Although the answer is debatable and has been for some time, I firmly believe that the answer is “no.” Anyone with high moral standards such as myself, could not ever justify doing the wrong thing for the right reasons. A person should begin by asking themselves, “Do the benefits outweigh the costs?” “Would I be able to live with the consequences?” I cannot think of an instance when the benefits outweigh…

We like to think that we have free will that we have a choice in how to live our lives that we can achieve anything we want in life as long as we choose to work hard and stay motivated. We hear about those great success stories about people making it to the top thanks to their efforts. But it is not always that way. For most people the story is different, even though they choose to work hard and sacrifice in many ways, they still cannot achieve their goals and dreams. Sometimes it is not up to…

determinism or free will? Many would argue that every action that we do is done by our free will and others would say that human behaviors are completely determined by prior events. In my opinion, I believe that that events that we experience have already been determined by factors such as science and experiences that we’ve been through in the past. There are a few reasons why I believe that human behavior cannot be a result of free will. Firstly, some choices just can’t be made by free will.…