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Soft Determinism, Hard Determinism, Necessitarianism, Fatalism...Huh?
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RE: Soft Determinism, Hard Determinism, Necessitarianism, Fatalism...Huh?
(January 8, 2014 at 5:57 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Well I recently finished a book called Quantum Physics for Poets.. and it was way over my head but nonetheless I found it moderately enjoyable and enlightening... Elbow Room couldn't be worse than quantum physics, could it?!?

It's just very nuanced and very closely argued. I'm not trying to discourage you, just warning you in advance that it's not light reading, and some easier selections might be good warm up. (Though not "Freedom Evolves." I didn't have any difficulty with it, but my atheist book club found it tough sledding. I found it problematic because I considered his argument fatally flawed. I recommend giving it a miss.)


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RE: Soft Determinism, Hard Determinism, Necessitarianism, Fatalism...Huh? - by Angrboda - January 8, 2014 at 6:18 pm

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