Soft Flashcards
What’s soft determinism/compatibilism
Both determinism and free will are compatible with each other
What’s hard determinism considered as by some philosophers
Too extreme as they don’t like it
That’s why soft determinism developed
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What’s soft determinism
Many areas are determined but there are elements of free will
What’s Ayer say
Our reality is determined but we have free will within tha reality
When someone acts on free will..
He’s seen as a lunatic but he rlly free💯
Hypnotist an gunman
When your constrained u don’t act freely
Not free when someone forces u to do smth
Thoughtless kleptomaniac
Not free agent if u can’t help yourself but ste
As u not voluntarily chose to do smth
Thoughtful kleptomaniac
If u go through process of whether or not doing smth, it’s irrelevant as they still gna do what they gna do
Ur not free when ur choice is irrelevant to ur action
When is an action free
-nobody compelled agent to do it
-agent voluntarily chose to act in that way
-if agent chose otherwise they would have acted differently
What Hobbes two types of causes
Internal- decision making
External- outside influence
Internal(Hobbes)
Choices a person internally makes
Internal causes are 100% determined by conditioning and genetics
External(Hobbes)
When someone forces another person to do smth against pre determined will
This a non deterministic outcome
What Hobbes say
Our actions are determined by our thoughts and not the universe
