Determinism Vs Freewill

There are two main arguments used to illustrate the incompatibility of determinism and free will.

Determinism is the belief that your future is fixed or determined, either by what you have genetically inherited or by your social environment and experience. The alternative to determinism is choice and interaction this is the belief that people can take control of their own lives through the choices they make. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘free will’ viewpoint.

One of the strengths of the determinist viewpoint is that it is hard to argue against. There are definite patterns and connections throughout the physical universe and the biological realm. There is no denying that fact. Just look at modern chemistry or how everything is made up of waves. Also, you can’t prove that you ever had more than one choice since there can only ever be one choice. In other words, once the moment is gone it is impossible to say that things could have been different since there is no going back. It is also hard to deny that some of our actions are a result of certain causes. You can always argue that something in your past affected your choices in the present.

There is a wide range of philosophical views about the relationship between determinism and free will. These include, hard determinism, compatibilism, and libertarianism. When comparing free will and determinism the contrasts are quite evident. Hard determinists believe that free will does not exist, because determinism is true and incompatible with free will. While compatibilists believe that determinism is true, but free will is compatible with determinism. Libertarianists believe that we have free will, and determinism is incompatible with free will, meaning determinism must be false. In the simplest form, free will is the ability to choose actions without being influenced by others or natural laws. After learning

Even with all of the technology and knowledge have available to us today, we are still unable to answer certain questions that have puzzled human beings for centuries. Determinism versus free-will is one of the great questions that, at this point in time, cannot be proved or disproved. There is much discussion regarding the issue of free-will versus determinism, and both present very important supplemental questions that both positions must face. Although a definitive answer cannot be given or proved yet, many disciplines make their own attempt to provide factual or subjective information to support both sides. Experts in philosophy, physics, psychology, theology, etc. all attempt to answer this universal question, whether it is through

determinism debate can be looked at in the discussions of religion. In Christianity for example they are monotheistic, the belief that all things are created by one God. Regarding this issue, if God made man and all other things, including those which contribute to man's decisions and actions, then He has predetermined those decisions and actions. This means that people make their own decisions, without being forced, by God, to act one way or another. This could be compared to the way parents raise their children, but eventually will have no control over the decisions they make. The problem with this is that if God knows everything, then He knowing anything makes it predetermined.

The Butterfly effect is a great example of what determinism is and how society's fate runs: A butterfly in Africa flaps its wings which changes the pressure in the air and then causes a hurricane to hurl down to Texas (“Bradley”). Free Will doesn’t apply to human nature at all, one isn’t given the option to have a heart attack nor the option to have their house flooded. These events occur because of a cause: such as someone being unhealthy or old, or a storm happening and causing the flood in their house. Determinism is the definition of how society's lives run, nothing of choice. The Chaos Theory and Synchronicity remain to be the prime ways the world functions and fluctuates; it

Determinists believe that everything that occurs in the world follows both from the laws of nature and also the prior state of the universe. As a result, they further believe that our actions are predetermined. Many philosophers believe this it offers a simple justification as to why people commit such actions and, even more broad, why history precedes in the way that it does.

Society walks about day-by-day living their lives and never really thinking or breaking down how their day unfolds or why it plays out the way it does. Some people have said that individuals have a choice and are able to decide on where their day goes. Others on the other hand would argue this assessment and state that your day and your life as whole are all pre determined. The different is free will vs. determinism. Do you believe we live in a free will world or has everything been planed out and is determined to happen no matter what? To start out on finding an answer to this question we must first break down the two terms and a bit about their background and what they mean to us as an individual walking

When someone discusses the actions one does, they are considered as free; freedom is the concept of being responsible for the choices that you make, as well as the actions that one makes to get to that point. However, the determinist

This week in lecture we were introduced with the problem of Free Will. To dig deeper into the problem of Free Will we went through these four concepts: Determinism, Indeterminism, Compatibility, and Incompatibility. Determinism is defined as “the doctrine that all event, including human actions, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will. Some philosophers have taken determinism to imply the individual human beings have no free will and cannot be morally responsible for their actions” (Google definitions). In philosophers perspective there is no randomness in life, every action is predetermined, this is idea is expanded by the example that if you were on a path and there were multiple paths to continue on in reality only one

The belief that all events have causes and if there ever is an equivalent origin, the same outcome will occur is called determinism. Almost meaning that every event is certain and that there really isn’t such thing as “free will”. We have the debut of free will, it is an unmitigated appearance that simply holds that there is a case about anything that happens in the near future, nevertheless how it comes about. Which leads to the question, do we have free will? Or are our actions governed? Well if you look at free will it is the concept that you believe that it is ultimately your choice and even if you were given alternative choices you could have chosen differently. Free will is a botheration by cause and reason, which leads to libertarianism – whatever free action is, it involves reason and causes. Do I buy I new pair of shoes for no reason or do I act upon it due to a preceding idea? We can’t talk about free will when there is a reason why we do the acts behind it. Things and choices impose our other choices, so are we really free?

My understanding of determinism is that everything happens for a reason and those things cannot be changed, even if we wanted them to. Therefore, free will, the process of making ones decisions without a prewritten path, is impossible. “Determinists believe that you can’t help but feel and react the way you’re reacting right now” (Tallman, 2016). This discussion is going to be very interesting, as I did find myself really thinking about nature vs nurture while doing my research.

What are your guys thoughts on determinism and free will? Do you believe that all of life is predestined, random, or a mixture of both?

According to me, determinism is a highly general claim about the universe: very roughly, that everything that happens, including everything you choose and do, is determined by facts about the past together with the laws. Determinism isn’t part of common sense, and it is not easy to take seriously the thought that it might, for all we know, be true. The incompatibilist (including me) believes that if determinism turned out to be true, our conviction that we have free will would be false. The compatibilist denies that the truth of determinism would have this drastic consequence. The philosophical issue of free will and determinism is the problem of deciding who is right: the compatibilist or the incompatibilist.