Genetic determinism

compatibilism is the idea that 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…

topics of freedom and determinism. When we discus freedom, we usually discuss the idea that each and every person has control of their own mind and body. With this, a person is allowed to do whatever he or she wants, legally, as long as he or she does not harm or oblige another person against their own will. Philosophers ask many questions pertaining to freedom which consist of…

How do you think of free? Do you think to be free is only means to get out of one’s control and keep yourself free or is to use your hands to be respect and enhance the freedom of others? Before I finish reading the book “Looking for Alibrandi”, I may believe that get out of one’s control is the meaning of to be free. However, when I finish reading the book, I started wondering, living in a way of respects and enhances the freedom of others is the truly meaning of “to be free”. Therefore, I…

Independent. What does it mean to be independent? Does independence mean the same thing as being free? Everyone experiences independence in different ways. Some experience independence in little tasks, such as a young child learning to zip their own coat on a cold winter day. Others experience independence as being on their own, living in a home with no higher authority. There are many different viewpoints on what it really means to be independent and when true independence is ultimately reached…

Free will is a term that has been in debate, for many years now and still is a concept of modern philosophy. As this idea of free will can be seen as one thing or another. For example, as in the reading of “Free Will” by Sam Harris it is mentioned how free will is just a delusion and how the belief in free will ties up to all that humans appreciate. Additionally, as others may say that we are the aware source of our ideas and movements in the present. Harris also remarks on the reading how “You…

she freely chose to proceed. However, this concept faces a challenge when placed into context with determinism, the idea that everything happens because something causes it to happen. If someone’s actions are causally determined, could we say he or she had the free will to choose them? As a proponent of soft determinism, Hume would answer yes. For Hume, the seeming incompatibility of determinism and free will is merely a…

“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve,” Napoleon Hill once said, claiming the power of mindset. According to The Free Dictionary, mindset refers to a fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person’s responses to and interpretations of situations. In simpler words, the mindset is the way of thinking that orients our reactions and tendencies. Dr. Alia Crum’s TED Talk on “Change Your Mindset, Change the Game” was impressive and inspiring, illustrating how…

they want to do one thing or another. There are people who believe in determinism, which is stated as having a fixed future and that everything is predetermined. Free will and determinism are (interconnected) because you can either be a soft determinist which are people who believe that free choice and determinism can be compatible with each other, or you can be a hard determinist, which is someone who believes that determinism and free choice are not compatible at all. These two perspectives…

Determinism and Freedom of Will Terresa C Knowles Philosophy Paper 2 Introduction: According to Merriam-Webstera.com, “Determinisms Theory or Doctrine that acts of the will, occurrences in nature, or social or psychological phenomena are causally determined by preceding events or natural laws”. I can understand with agreeing with that the free will and determinism are similarly compatibilities, even when we take free will to require the ability to do otherwise and even when we interpret that…

It’s true that fate works in ways that humanity can’t comprehend. Whether it’s by the actions of God, or if it’s simply meant to be. The numerous roads that life can hold for us, only for only one true road containing what we will be able to accomplish in our lives. However, we have the right as human beings to make critical decisions regarding our future, and what we choose to pursue. These choices can make or break a situation, because who knows what outcomes can be created out of the…