RE: Questions for "Our Role(s) as Christians on Atheist Forums"
May 14, 2018 at 11:08 pm
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2018 at 11:09 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
(May 14, 2018 at 6:56 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(May 14, 2018 at 4:07 pm)SteveII Wrote: In a nutshell, libertarian free will is choosing an action that is not causally determined by factors outside of ourselves.
Wrong. That's compatibilist free will. Libertarian free will is essentially uncaused choice, which is why it's incoherent.
Libertarian free will is only incoherent if you assume the deciding agent is wholly within the chain of physical causes.
(May 14, 2018 at 7:50 pm)Hammy Wrote: Compatabilist free will is compatible with determinism. That's why it's called "compatabilsm".
A distinction without a difference.
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