Free Will, Determinism, and Epiphenomenalism [PDF]
This paper articulates a non-epiphenomenal, libertarian kind of free will—a kind of free will that's incompatible with both determinism and epiphenomenalism—and responds to scientific arguments against the existence of this sort of freedom.
Mark Balaguer
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Exploring Free Will Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Punishment in Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom [PDF]
Beliefs about free will shape how individuals judge moral responsibility and support different forms of punishment. Most research has relied on single-country samples, limiting understanding of how cultural and institutional contexts might influence ...
Haakon Solum +3 more
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Jalaluddin Rumi Out of the Game of Determinism and Free Will [PDF]
The Masnavi has been read as if Rumi believed either in determination or free will, or he hesitated between the two. Here we reveal a new interpretation that how he avoids both of these. His position is out of this game entirely.
Hamid Eskandari, Hassan Rahbar
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Critique of Al-Ghazâlî's View on the Relationship between Determinism and The Free Will [PDF]
The relationship between the free will and the philosophical rule of "causal determinism" is one of the issues that have been the subject of controversy among Islamic thinkers, theologians, and philosophers.
Keygobad Daneshian Kenanlu +2 more
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Cultural pressure and biased responding in free will attitudes [PDF]
Whether you believe free will exists has profound effects on your behaviour, across different levels of processing, from simple motor action to social cognition.
Emiel Cracco +4 more
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Determination of Free Growth Hormone [PDF]
AbstractContext: Approximately 50% of circulating GH is bound to the high-affinity GH-binding protein (GHBP), which is known to affect the pharmacokinetics, bioactivity, and quantitative determination of GH. Nevertheless, the presence of GHBP is rarely taken into account in the clinical use of GH measurements.Objective: Our objective was to develop an ...
Frystyk, Jan +2 more
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The extent of “Determinism” and “Free Will” concepts in Pahlavi texts and their relations with human’s role in history Mazdayasna thoughts [PDF]
Mazdayana’s thought, like other religious and philosophical schools, has considered a very special place for the topics of “Determinism” and “Free Will”.
Esmaeil Sangari +2 more
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Daniel Dennett’s and Sam Harris’ Confrontation on the Problem of Free Will [PDF]
This paper seeks to explain and evaluate, by an analytic method, the conflict between determinism and free will from the viewpoint of two physicalist reductionist philosophers, namely, Daniel Dennett and Sam Harris. Dennett is a compatibilist philosopher
zahra khazaei +2 more
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A determination of interface free energies [PDF]
We determine the interface free energy $F_{o.d.}$ between disordered and ordered phases in the q=10 and q=20 2-d Potts models using the results of multicanonical Monte Carlo simulations on $L^2$ lattices, and suitable finite volume estimators. Our results, when extrapolated to the infinite volume limit, agree to high precision with recent analytical ...
BILLOIRE, A, Neuhaus, Thomas, BERG, BA
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Concepts of Determinism and Free Will in Archaeology
Los conceptos de determinismo y libre albedrío han sido empleados por arqueólogos en contextos implícitos y explícitos. En la mayoría de los casos, estos términos se han definido vagamente y la literatura filosófica sobre el tema no es frecuentemente ...
Travis W. Stanton
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