Freewill vs' Determinism Slide 1

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Freewill vs. Determinism Slide 1

• Universal Determinism Every event has a cause
  that fully determines it. Everything is
  PREDICTABLE.
• Pierre Laplace (1749-1827) Laplaces Demon
• Butterfly Effect small variations of the initial
  condition of an object may produce large
  variations in the long term.
• A butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in
  the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to
  appear (or prevent a tornado from appearing). The
  flapping wings represent a small change in the
  initial condition of the atmosphere which leads
  to a tornado.

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Freewill vs. Determinism Slide 2

• Some evidence against universal determinism
• The Creation of the Universe
• Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle we can never
  know the exact position and speed of a sub-atomic
  particle.
• Indeterminism Some events are UNPREDICTABLE.

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Freewill vs. Determinism Slide 3

• Human Determinism all human actions are fully
  determined by preceding eventssome of those
  events are internal to the human, some are
  external.
• Human Indeterminism at least some human actions
  are not fully determined by preceding events.
• Voluntary Actions characterized by a prior
  decision process and the feeling that several
  different choices are available.

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Freewill vs. Determinism Slide 4

• Incompatibilism The concept that freewill and
  determinism cannot coexist.
• Compatibilism The concept that freewill and
  determinism can coexist
• Hard Determinism All human actions are
  determined.
• Libertarianism (indeterminism) Humans have at
  least some freewill