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528. ISBN. 978-0-5255-6097-5. Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will is a 2023 nonfiction book by American neuroendocrinology researcher Robert Sapolsky concerning the neurological evidence for or against free will. Sapolsky generally concludes that our choices are determined by our genetics, experience, and environment, [ 1 ] and that ...
Main interests. Philosophy of action, free will, moral philosophy. Notable ideas. Semicompatibilism. John Martin Fischer (born December 26, 1952) is an American philosopher. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside and a leading contributor to the philosophy of free will and moral responsibility. [1]
Semicompatibilism is the view that causal determinism is compatible with moral responsibility, while making no assertions about the truth of determinism or free will. The term was coined by John Martin Fischer. [1][2] Prominent semicompatibilists include Harry Frankfurt. Criticisms of this view include the principle of alternative possibilities.
Libertarianism is one of the main philosophical positions related to the problems of free will and determinism which are part of the larger domain of metaphysics. [1] In particular, libertarianism is an incompatibilist position [2][3] which argues that free will is logically incompatible with a deterministic universe.
Compatibilism. Compatibilism is the belief that free will and determinism are mutually compatible and that it is possible to believe in both without being logically inconsistent. [1] As Steven Weinberg puts it: "I would say that free will is nothing but our conscious experience of deciding what to do, which I know I am experiencing as I write ...
It was written in 1885. Summary. [edit] "Where Love Is, God Is" is a short story about a shoemakernamed Martin Avdeitch. The story begins with a background on Martin's life. He was a fine cobbler as he did his work well and never promised to do anything that he could not do.
Robert Hilary Kane (November 25, 1938 – April 20, 2024) was an American philosopher. He was Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy and a professor of law at the University of Texas at Austin. His major contributions include, Free Will and Values (1985), Through the Moral Maze (1994), and The Significance of Free Will (1996: awarded ...
Open theism, also known as openness theology, [1] is a theological movement that has developed within Christianity as a rejection of the synthesis of Greek philosophy and Christian theology. [2] It is a version of free will theism [ 3 ] and arises out of the free will theistic tradition of the church, which goes back to the early church fathers ...