Core metaphysical questions of free will, determinism, personal identity, and the nature of existence.
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- What is determinism?
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The view that every event is caused by prior events in accordance with natural laws.- What is indeterminism?
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The view that not every event is causally determined by prior events and laws.- Define free will.
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The capacity to make choices that are not wholly determined by prior causes.- What is compatibilism?
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The view that free will and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism.- What is metaphysical libertarianism?
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The view that free will requires indeterminism and that humans possess such free will.- What is hard determinism?
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The view that determinism is true and free will is impossible, so no one is morally responsible.- What is agent causation?
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A type of causation where an agent or person directly causes an action, not just a chain of events.- What is event causation?
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A type of causation where one event causes another event, the standard model in physics.- What is the central problem of free will?
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Whether free will is compatible with determinism or requires indeterminism.- What is causal determinism?
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The thesis that every event has a prior cause and is necessitated by prior events and natural laws.- What is logical determinism?
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The view that all statements about the future are either definitely true or false, making the future fixed.- What is fatalism?
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The view that human choices do not affect the future because the future is fixed regardless of what we do.- What is the consequence argument?
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An argument that if determinism is true, no one has the power to do otherwise.- What is Peter van Inwagen's main claim?
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That determinism is incompatible with free will and moral responsibility.- What is Daniel Dennett's view of free will?
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That free will is real and compatible with physical determinism; it does not require an immaterial soul.
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