Free will
Being able to choose, so that what you do is really up to you - often put as "you could have done otherwise". If determinism is true, that seems impossible. Hobbes and Hume answered that being free means acting on your own wants, with nothing forcing you, so freedom and causes can both be true.
Depth 1 · Foundation
You can say what free will is, set out the worry from determinism, and give three ways people answer it.
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Foundation
You can say what free will is, set out the worry from determinism, and give three ways people answer it.
- 2
Deeper
You can explain freedom as acting on your own wants (Hobbes and Hume), why it fits with determinism, and the puzzle of where wants come from.
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Your path here
What's still between you and Free will, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.
- 1ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
- 2ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
- 3ValidityDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
- 4Deduction and inductionDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
- 5Cause or coincidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
- 6CausationDepth 1 · Foundation · Metaphysics
- 7DeterminismDepth 1 · Foundation · Metaphysics
- 8Free willDepth 1 · Foundation · Metaphysics