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Criticizing of Daniel Dennett's Argument for Compatibilism [PDF]
حکمت 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
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Forget the Folk: Moral Responsibility Preservation Motives and Other Conditions for Compatibilism
Frontiers 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
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Determinism, Self-Efficacy, and the Phenomenology of Free Will [PDF]
, 2009 Some recent studies have suggested that belief in determinism tends to undermine moral motivation: subjects who are given determinist texts to read become more likely to cheat or engage in vindictive behaviour. One possible explanation is that people are
Holton, Richard
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Building blocks of ‘free will’: In conversation with Dick Swaab
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 The issue of free will is a complex one that has occupied the minds of many theologians and philosophers through the ages. The two main aspects of free will are the freedom to do otherwise and the power of self-determination.
Chris Jones, Dawie J. van den Heever
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Mumford and Anjum on incompatibilism, powers and determinism [PDF]
, 2014 Mumford and Anjum (2014) present a new argument for the incompatibility of free will and causal determinism. Although their argument depends on the assumption that free will is, or is the exercise of, a causal power, it does not appeal to any special ...
Mackie, Penelope
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The Compatibility of Free Will and Determinism in Modern Western Compatibilists and Mulla Sadra [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2014 The significance of determinism/ free will dilemma is clear by all enlightened mind as our approach in this regard has a straight influence on our theoretical worldview and scientific orientations in individual and social life.
Fakhrossadat Alavi, Yousof Shaghool
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The concept of free will as an infinite metatheoretic recursion [PDF]
, 2015 It is argued that the concept of free will, like the concept of truth in formal languages, requires a separation between an object level and a meta-level for being consistently defined.
Hashim, Hanaan, Srikanth, R.
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Determinism and free will in the age of genetics: Theoretical-legal concerns about predictive genetic tests [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2012 The paper deals with the use of predictive genetic tests in medical research. I limit my discussion to those advances in genetics which try to overcome the limits represented by our genetic make-up, in particular by gene mutations that lead, or could ...
Salardi Silvia
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Implications of a Culturally Evolved Self for Notions of Free Will
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Most schools in psychology have emphasized individual choice despite evidence of genetic and cultural determinism. It is suggested in this paper that the rejection of classical behaviorism by psychology and other humanities flowed from deeply held ...
Lloyd Hawkeye Robertson
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Mere Molinism: A Defense of Two Essential Pillars
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2018 Molinism is founded on two ‘pillars’, namely, the view that human beings possess libertarian free will and the view that God has middle knowledge. Both these pillars stand in contrast to naturalistic determinism and divine determinism.
Stratton Tim, Erasmus Jacobus
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