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Philosophy 1101	Final exam flash cards
Augustine	Not a determinist Believes we can believe in both free will and God's foreknowledge Answer to Cicero Our actions are not fated because our will is included in the order of causes Cicero made a mistake in the transition between there is a foreknown order of causes and everything is fat…
Cicero	Opposing argument for Augustine Believes we cannot reconcile free will with God's foreknowledge Argument: If all thinks foreknown by God, then there is a foreknown order in which they happen Everything happens fora cause So, there is a foreknown order of causes So, everything is fat…
Hobbes	Believes determinism is true (all our actions are causally necessitated by events prior to our choice) It is possible to be both determined and free - to be free means if you were to will to do it then you would do it JD is confusing 'free to do' and 'free to will' which is why he can'…
JD	Does not believe determinism is true (a libertarian) believes action can be determined and spontaneous (you want to sleep and you fall asleep), spontaneous and free(you want to introduce yourself to someone so you choose to do it), but NOT determined and free To will to will to do somet…
LaPlace	A hard determinist - freedom to will does not exist, choices are determined Nothing comes into existence without a cause that produces it (supported by universal mechanisms Consequences There is no such thing as chance - just ignorance of causes There is no "final causes" in nature, n…
Sartre	Believes we have absolute control over our own will (libertarianism), even control over who we are accidentally causing something is not acting, for behavior to be an action, the result must be what is intended every act has a cause, but the cause is not natural, it must be made into a …