RE: If free will was not real
July 8, 2016 at 3:23 am
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2016 at 3:24 am by Edwardo Piet.)
(July 8, 2016 at 3:16 am)Maelstrom Wrote:(July 8, 2016 at 3:14 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: If there is only one predetermined path fully determined by prior causes, how am I choosing my own path?
And how is that related to this thread?
Either there is one predetermined future or there is more than one future.
Either you believed if there is one predetermined future then there is no free will or you don't.
Either you believe in free will because you believe there isn't one predetermined future or you believe in free will regardless of if there is one predetermined future.
That's how it's relevant. I can't even know what you mean by free will until I know whether you think it's compatible with there being only one predetermined possible future.
It's relevant to every single philosophical debate on free will:
(July 8, 2016 at 2:33 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Unless you agree these are the four possibilities regarding "free will" we are at an impasse:
1. There is at any given moment one physically possible future in this universe and for this reason we don't have free will. (Hard Determinism)
2. There is at any given moment one physically possible future in this universe but we still have free will. (Soft Determinism/Compatabilism)
3. There is more than one physically possible future in this universe and for this reason we have free will. (Libertarianism Incompatabilism)
4. There is perhaps more than one physically possible future in this universe but we still don't have free will. (Hard Incompatabilism)
I'm a Hard Incompatabilist.