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Journal 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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Determinism and Moral Responsibility According to Avicenna's Theory of Action [PDF]
Journal 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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Concepts of Determinism and Free Will in Archaeology
Anales de Antropología, 2010 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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“Free Will and Affirmation: Assessing Honderich’s Third Way” [PDF]
, 2017 In the third and final part of his A Theory of Determinism (TD) Ted Honderich addresses the fundamental question concerning “the consequences of determinism.” The critical question he aims to answer is what follows if determinism is true?
B Waller +12 more
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The Qur’anic Concept of “Shākilah” (Disposition): From the Notion of Predestinarianism to the Reality of Secondary Creation [PDF]
آموزههای قرآنیThe 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
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Inconsistency between “Theory and Practice” in “Determinism and Free will” Issue in Attar Nishāburi’s Thoughts [PDF]
ادبیات 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
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Methodological determinism and the free will hypothesis. [PDF]
, 2017 In this comment on the article by Papanicolaou, we introduce the concept of methodological determinism and discuss the scientific status of the concept of free will.
Hyland, ME, Kirsch, I
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Free will, determinism, and compatibilism: Blind spots in the theoretical landscape [PDF]
Belgrade Philosophical AnnualPhilosophical 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
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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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