Determinism
According to Sider and Conee, determinism conflicts with the concept of free will. Since all events have single or multiple causes and are also caused by a prior event, the existence of free will is questioned. If a person woke up one day and felt energized, there would be a reason as to why he woke up that way and not any other way. Perhaps the reason would be that he had 12 hours of sleep, or that he woke up to a bright, sunny day. Determinism tells us that not only is there a reason why he woke up well rested, there is also a reason why he had 12 hours of sleep, such that it creates a chain of causes that leads to a time before his birth. On the contrary, if he woke up cranky, there would be a different cause, but it would still be a cause to answer why he woke up on the wrong side of the bed. This chain of causes gives him no other choice but to wake up and feel energized that day, proving that determinism and free will conflict with each other.
If all events are caused by those before it, it stems that human thoughts are also not exempt from such. All events that cause human thought are a result of prior events that …show more content…
This belief is inconsistent with the argument for incompatibilism; the compatibilist must reject the premise that a person does not have the ability to act another way if determinism is true. A compatibilist will not agree with this premise because she believes that these factors can coexist. They are compatible to a compatibilist because their definition of a free action does not conflict with determinism. To a compatibilist, a free action means an action that comes from what a person really wants or thinks, rather than an uncaused action, which would then mean that the compatibilist also has to reject the idea of free will or
If all events are caused by those before it, it stems that human thoughts are also not exempt from such. All events that cause human thought are a result of prior events that …show more content…
This belief is inconsistent with the argument for incompatibilism; the compatibilist must reject the premise that a person does not have the ability to act another way if determinism is true. A compatibilist will not agree with this premise because she believes that these factors can coexist. They are compatible to a compatibilist because their definition of a free action does not conflict with determinism. To a compatibilist, a free action means an action that comes from what a person really wants or thinks, rather than an uncaused action, which would then mean that the compatibilist also has to reject the idea of free will or