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Determinism and Free Will [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article has been written, in a slightly different version, as an introductory chapter for the book collecting the essays of theoretical physicist Gerard 't Hooft, philosopher Emanuele Severino, and theologian Piero Coda, and inspired by the talks ...
Fabio Scardigli   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Free Will, Determinism, and Intuitive Judgments About the Heritability of Behavior

open access: yesBehavior Genetics, 2018
The fact that genes and environment contribute differentially to variation in human behaviors, traits and attitudes is central to the field of behavior genetics. Perceptions about these differential contributions may affect ideas about human agency.
E. Willoughby   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bergson's Theory of Free Will

open access: yesJournal of French and Francophone Philosophy, 2020
Bergson argues that there is an incompatibility between free will and determinism: while free will has a dimension of creation, of invention, determinism corresponds to the idea that the future is fixed in advance by laws.
Joel Dolbeault
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The Qur’anic Concept of “Shākilah” (Disposition): From the Notion of Predestinarianism to the Reality of Secondary Creation [PDF]

open access: yesآموزه‌های قرآنی
The Holy Qurʾān presents individual actions as being based on one’s “shākilah” (Arabic: شاکِله, disposition), which has led to a variety of interpretations and conclusions. If “shākilah” is rooted in the creation of the individual, the diversity of human
Mohsen Nouraei, Javad Irvani
doaj   +1 more source

Determinism and Moral Responsibility According to Avicenna's Theory of Action [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Philosophical Investigations, 2022
The main issue of this article is how to harmonize determinism and moral responsibility (the classic problem of free will) by reconsidering the philosophy of Avicenna.
Roozbeh Zare   +1 more
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Free will, determinism, and compatibilism: Blind spots in the theoretical landscape [PDF]

open access: yesBelgrade Philosophical Annual
Philosophical discourse on 'the' problem of free will has been shaped by three basic options: Libertarianism (accept free will and incompatibility, but deny determinism), hard determinism (accept determinism and incompatibility, but deny free will), and ...
Walter Sven
doaj   +1 more source

Inconsistency between “Theory and Practice” in “Determinism and Free will” Issue in Attar Nishāburi’s Thoughts [PDF]

open access: yesادبیات عرفانی, 2016
The present paper aims at clarifying the problematic issue of determinism and free will in Attar’s thoughts.  It explores the reasons why in some of his poems determinism and absolute negation of man’s free will and power could be seen, while a good ...
Hassan Mehdipour
doaj   +1 more source

Forget the Folk: Moral Responsibility Preservation Motives and Other Conditions for Compatibilism

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
For years, experimental philosophers have attempted to discern whether laypeople find free will compatible with a scientifically deterministic understanding of the universe, yet no consensus has emerged.
Cory J. Clark   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Criticizing of Daniel Dennett's Argument for Compatibilism [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت و فلسفه, 2016
The purpose of this article is to criticize Daniel Dennett's main argument which has been formulated to explain and justify the compatibility of Human's mental phenomena, particularly his free will, with causal determinism on the basis of ontological ...
Arash khaksari renani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Critical Analysis of the Concepts of Determinism and ‎Delegation (Jabr and Tafwiz) with an Emphasis on the ‎Supplications of Sahifah Sajjadiyyah [PDF]

open access: yesTheosophia Islamica
The issue of determinism (jabr) and free will (ikhtiyar), and humanity's role in creating its actions, is one of the oldest theological questions. When confronting it, three distinct theological approaches have emerged: determinism (jabr), delegation ...
Mustafa Mokhtari
doaj   +1 more source

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