Chasing Freewill
What are some of the BIG questions that might surface while pondering freewill?
Memes: Freewill
NTP: Freewill
Do We Have Free Will? Maybe It Doesn't Matter“Just Deserts: Debating Free Will” By Daniel Dennett And Gregg Caruso
The Clockwork Universe: Is Free Will an Illusion?
There is no such thing as free will; But we’re better off believing in it anyway.
Soft Determinism Explained
"Free Will and Moral Responsibility" by Chelsea Haramia from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
"Free Will and Free Choice" by Jonah Nagashima from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
"Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility" by Rachel Bourbaki from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
"What is Free Will?" from the Closer to the Truth series
VIDS: Freewill
"The Libet Experiment: Is free will just an illusion?" by Nigel Warburton from the BBC's A History of Ideas series"Is free will compatible with foreknowledge?" by Richard Holton from the Wi-Phi series
"Determinism vs Free Will" from the Crash Course series
Do We Have Free Will or Are We Predetermined? from the School of Life series
Peter Tse - Free Will: Where's the Problem? from the Closer to Truth series
Michio Kaku: Why Physics Ends the Free Will Debate from the Big Think series
Peter van Inwagen on libertarian free will from the Friction YouTube channel
PODS: Freewill
"Compatibilism: Can free will and determinism co-exist?" by John Perry from Philosophy Talk"Thomas Pink on Free Will" from the philosophy bites series
"Free will, and its connection to moral responsibility" by Neil Levy from the Practical Ethics Bites series
"Daniel Dennett on Free Will Worth Wanting" from the philosophy bites series
"Adina Roskies on Neuroscience and Free Will" from the philosophy bites series
IEP: Freewill
Free WillMedieval Theories of Free Will
Foreknowledge and Free Will
Omniscience and Divine Foreknowledge
Theological Determinism
SEP: Freewill
Hume on Free WillAncient Theories of Freedom and Determinism
Arguments for Incompatibilism
Compatibilism
Moral Responsibility
Locke On Freedom
Lit
Vonnegut & Slaughter House Five
So it goes...
After reading through Slaughter-house Five, respond to the questions posed below the infographic:
Questions:
- Does the narrator have more freedom than the character of Billy Pilgrim to control the past, present, or future?
- Do you as the reader have more freedom than the character of Billy Pilgrim to control the past, present, or future?
- Can there be human purpose/meaning without human control?
- If determinism is true what is the "cost" or impact at a societal level?
Dosteovsky & Notes From Underground
Click on the image to access the online version of "Notes From Underground". Read part 1 - don't worry; it is very short :-)
Questions:
- In section 3 of part 1, Dosteovsky uses a "stone wall" to represent determinism. How does he preserve a sense of free will within the section? Is the sense that is preserved adequate?
- In section 4 of part 1, Dosteosky explores the significance of a toothache. Seriously! What philosophical purpose does the toothache serve?
- Consider the final two sentences of section 7 in part 1: What has made them conceive that man must want a rationally advantageous choice? What man wants is simply INDEPENDENT choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead. And choice, of course, the devil only knows what choice.How is Dosteovsky attacking determinism through rationality in this section?