Philosophy of Freedom Determinism and Indeterminism |
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| I. |
Introduction |
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| II. |
Determinism |
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| A. |
Hard Determinism |
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| 1. |
B. F. Skinner |
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| 2. |
A Hard Determinist's Reading of Sigmund Freud |
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| B. |
Soft Determinism |
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| 1. |
The Stoics |
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| 2. |
Augustine |
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| III. |
Indeterminism |
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| A. |
Definition of "Indeterminism" |
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| B. |
Randomness |
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| C. |
Libertariansim |
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| 1. |
Mainstream Libertarianism |
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| a. |
Randomness, Necessity, and Freedom |
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| b. |
Freedom, Responsibility, and Real Options |
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| 2. |
Existential Freedom (Sartre) |
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| 3. |
Perverse Freedom (Dostoyevsky) |
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| IV. |
Implications |
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| A. |
Summary/Recapitulation |
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| 1. |
Reasons for Believing Determinism is True |
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| 2. |
Reasons for Believing in Freedom |
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| B. |
Types of Freedom |
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| 1. |
Metaphysical Freedoms |
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| 2. |
Practical Freedoms |
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| V. |
Conclusion |
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