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The Free-Will Postulate in Quantum Mechanics [PDF]

, 2007
The so-called "free will axiom" is an essential ingredient in many discussions concerning hidden variables in quantum mechanics. In this paper we argue that "free will" can be defined in different ways.
Hooft, Gerard 't
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Natural games

, 2011
Behavior in the context of game theory is described as a natural process that follows the 2nd law of thermodynamics. The rate of entropy increase as the payoff function is derived from statistical physics of open systems.
Annila, Arto, Anttila, Jani
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To Be Able To, or To Be Able Not To? That is The Question. A Problem for the Transcendental Argument for Free Will

European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2019
A type of transcendental argument for libertarian free will maintains that if acting freely requires the availability of alternative possibilities, and determinism holds, then one is not justified in asserting that there is no free will.
Nadine Elzein, Tuomas K. Pernu
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Locke and Leibniz on Freedom and Necessity [PDF]

, 2016
Locke and Leibniz are often classified as proponents of compatibilist theories of human freedom, since both maintain that freedom is consistent with determinism and that the difference between being and not being free turns on how one is determined ...
Shimony, Idan, Shoham, Yekutiel
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FILSAFAT MANUSIA DALAM MEMETIKA RICHARD BRODIE (Pengaruh Iklan Komersial terhadap Kesadaran dan Kebebasan Manusia)

Jurnal Filsafat, 2016
This study is using Richard Brodie’s memetic approach to analyze commercial advertisement, start from how the mechanism of spreading ideas used in commercial advertisement, to how the products of that mechanism could penetrate human consciousness and ...
Emi Atriasari Rahmadi
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Karma Theory, Determinism, Fatalism and Freedom of Will [PDF]

, 2017
The so-called theory of karma is one of the distinguishing aspects of Hinduism and other non-Hindu south-Asian traditions. At the same time that the theory can be seen as closely connected with the freedom of will and action that we humans supposedly ...
Silvestre, Ricardo Sousa
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Moral responsibility after neuroscience

Filosofia Unisinos, 2013
Moral responsibility is centered on the idea that, given some conditions, people deserve blame or credit, punishment or reward. At least according to traditional readings, moral responsibility presupposes free will, understood as the ability to choose ...
Lincoln Frias
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Free Will and Divine Sovereignty in Eusebius of Emesa: A Fourth-Century Antiochene Homily Against Determinism

Religions
This study examines Eusebius of Emesa’s De arbitrio, voluntate Pauli et Domini passione (Homily I), a fourth-century homily rediscovered in the twentieth century, to elucidate its contribution to the theological debate on free will within early ...
José Cebrián Cebrián
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Causal determinism and moral responsibility [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
In the debate between incompatibilists and compatibilists regarding the relationship between causal determinism, moral responsibility, and free will, causal determinism is identified as a potential basis for an excusing argument against moral ...
Prašević Nedžib M.
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The Kochen-Specker and Conway-Kochen Theorems [PDF]

, 2017
This essay provides an analysis of two important theorems that arise in the context of quantum mechanics: the Kochen-Specker theorem, which challenges the existence of hidden variable theories; and the Conway-Kochen (free will) theorem, which can be seen
Barbar, Ahmed
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