Phil 1101 1st Edition Lecture 20Outline of Last Lecture I. The Problem of Free WillII. DeterminismOutline of Current Lecture I. Master ArgumentII. Against DeterminismIII. IncompatibilismIV. IndeterminismCurrent LectureI. Master Argumenta. Why accept premise 1?i. One reason: the nature of causationii. For event x to really cause event y:1. Y wouldn’t have happened unless x happened2. In the same conditions, x always results in yb. So causations seems to imply determinationII. Against Determinisma. Argument from deliberationi. If determinism were true, I wouldn’t deliberate (conscious process on reflecting about what I’m going to do)ii. I do deliberateiii. Therefore, determinism is not trueiv. Problem: how do we explain moral responsibility if determinism is true?1. Help alter peoples’ behavior in the futureIII. Incompatibilisma. Free will and determinism are incompatible: they both can’t be truei. Libertarians: determinism is false and there is free willii. Hard Determinists: there is no free will and determinism is trueThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.iii. Determinism: given the past and laws of nature, there is only one possiblefuture, no alternative to me, so I can’t be doing it out of my own free willIV. Indeterminisma. The denial of determinism: some events (human actions) are not determinedb. Problem:i. If A is not determined, then A is completely randomii. If A is completely random, then A is not within any one’s controliii. If A is not within any one’s control, then A is not within my controliv. If A is not within my control, then A if not freev. Therefore: if an action is not determined, it is not freec. A dilemmai. If determinism is true, then there is no free willii. If determinism is false, then there is no free williii. Determinism is either true or falseiv. Therefore, there is no free
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