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Can the Universe be deterministic and still allow free will? [duplicate]
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What is the difference between free-will and randomness and or non-determinism?
Is free will reconcilable with a purely physical world?
As asked in the title, can a Universe ...
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Free will in the face of determinism? [duplicate]
If an entity existed such as Laplace's demon, that could know with precision the current state of the universe and - using the laws of physics - could tell you your future with certainty, would you ...
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What are the implications of accepting that we don't have free will?
While reading this question about the existence of free will, I thought that the implications of stating nonexistence of free will can be at least as important (and interesting) as the main question ...
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What is a mathematical description of free will?
This is following in the line of this question asking what the difference between free-will and randomness/indeterminism is:
What is the difference between free-will and randomness and or non-...
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Can Free Will Exist In A Causal Material World?
India's leading daily, The Times of India can easily put other contenders of the same bracket (like the widely-praised The Sun) to shame. Today, scanning the lifestyle section, I came across the ...
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Does artificial intelligence necessarily mean a system can somehow "freely" vary its own behaviour?
If an artificial intelligence system existed in a robot and it was able to constantly reprogram and reconfigure itself in any way without disrupting its necessary functions, and without even partly ...
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The real question of the Holocaust is not ‘where was God?’, but ‘where was man?’ [closed]
For a debate I have to argue "The real question of the Holocaust is not ‘where was God?’, but ‘where was man?'" I am arguing for the point (not my personal view).
So far the points I have got are:
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Would there be free will if we assume a stochastic component in the decision making?
I was reading this answer regarding materialism and free will. It says that, under the assumption that there isn't a random process underlying decision making, there is no free will.
And isn't that a ...
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Is there any theory of consciousness that extends conscious existence into the future?
I would like to be able to claim that consciousness is a physical phenomenon, arising from, subject to, and embedded in the physical structure of the universe, while at the same time claim that ...
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Is there a consistent definition of free will? [duplicate]
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What is a mathematical description of free will?
Is free will reconcilable with a purely physical world?
What is the difference between free-will and randomness and or non-determinism?
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