Alex O'Connor
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Compatibilism Debunked | Free Will and Determinism
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September 29, 2020
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September 29, 2020
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6.15%
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The existence of free will is an uncomfortable subject, and a difficult intuition to let go of, if, like me, you are convinced it is illusory. One response to the implications of determinism on free will is a philosophy known as 'compatibilism', with advocates from Thomas Hobbes to Daniel Dennett. I think it fails, and thought I'd spend some time explaining why.
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My original free will video
Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan (read online)
Arthur Schopenhauer, On The Freedom of the Will (in 'The Two Fundamental Problems of Ethics')
Peter Van Inwagen, The Powers of Rational Beings
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