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PHL01_CO4_Set #4

🤔📗4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣ PHL01_CO4 - Metaphysical Freedom - SET 4

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Metaphysical Freedom The philosophical question of whether humans truly control their actions or are determined by external forces.
Free Will The ability of a person to choose otherwise, independent of external constraints.
Determinism The view that all events, including human actions, are caused by external or prior factors.
Hard Determinism The belief that free will does not exist because all actions are fully determined by external causes.
Soft Determinism The belief that determinism is true but humans still have partial freedom within those constraints.
External Forces in Determinism Factors such as biology, environment, upbringing, or divine will that influence human actions.
Free Will vs. Determinism The debate on whether human choices are truly free or predetermined.
Human Agency The capacity of individuals to act independently and make their own choices.
Autonomy The ability to govern oneself and act according to one’s own values and decisions.
Theological Determinism The belief that an omniscient or omnipotent deity determines all events.
Scientific Determinism The belief that natural laws and physical causes determine all events.
Argument from Omniscience If God knows the future, then the future is fixed and humans cannot choose otherwise.
Argument from Omnipotence If God planned all events, then human actions are part of a divine plan and not freely chosen.
Linear Time in Omniscience The idea that past, present, and future are all known to God simultaneously.
Divine Plan The belief that every event is part of a predetermined plan created by an omnipotent deity.
Nomological Determinism Another term for scientific determinism, based on the laws of nature.
Predictability in Science Scientific determinism assumes that natural laws allow prediction of future events.
Freedom vs. Causality Freedom implies choice; determinism implies causation.
Human Consciousness and Freedom Metaphysical freedom examines whether consciousness allows true choice.
Compatibilism The view that free will and determinism can coexist.
Incompatibilism The view that free will and determinism cannot both be true.
Responsibility and Determinism If actions are determined, moral responsibility becomes questionable.
Freedom as Independent Control Free will requires that choices originate from the self, not external forces.
Determinism and Human Behavior Determinism suggests behavior is shaped by prior causes, not free choice.
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