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Philosophy Free Will or Determinism

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post Aug 4 2009, 05:43 PM

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QUOTE(communist892003 @ Aug 3 2009, 10:47 AM)
Determinism : Determinism is the view that every event, including human cognition, behavior, decision, and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences.[1] With numerous historical debates, many varieties and philosophical positions on the subject of determinism exist from traditions throughout the world.
Simple explanation: U are destined to do something, nothing will change..IF u could somehow know u going to die at age 100, nothing will change the fact
Free will:The question of free will is whether, and in what sense, rational agents exercise control over their actions and decisions. Addressing this question requires understanding the relationship between freedom and cause, and determining whether the laws of nature are causally deterministic. The various philosophical positions taken differ on whether all events are determined or not — determinism versus indeterminism — and also on whether freedom can coexist with determinism or not — compatibilism versus incompatibilism. So, for instance, 'hard determinists' argue that the universe is deterministic, and that this makes free will impossible.
The principle of free will has religious, ethical, and scientific implications. For example, in the religious realm, free will may imply that an omnipotent divinity does not assert its power over individual will and choices. In ethics, it may imply that individuals can be held morally accountable for their actions. In the scientific realm, it may imply that the actions of the body, including the brain and the mind, are not wholly determined by physical causality. The question of free will has been a central issue since the beginning of philosophical thought.
Simple explanation: ur destiny is on ur hand, ur fate cannot be determined by something
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I'm thinking.... about the Matrix,
You can see it, hear it, feel it, eat and taste it, so is it real?

Now, let's say everything is predetermined. So you get up in the morning because it's already predetermined, then you get hungry because of it's predetermined you'll feel hungry at exactly 7:15AM this morning, and you choose to eat roti canai cause you happen to fancy so today, but little did you know it's actually predetermined you'll choose it... so...

Well I believe in knowledge above all else, so I believe there's an explanation for everything. Thus unless there's a matrix like entity, free will is simply what I'll side with.

 

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