Determinism: Difference between revisions

According the article about [[Free will]], determinism can be defined as “''the thesis that the course of the future is entirely determined by the conjunction of the past and the laws of nature.”''<ref>Timpe, Kevin (n.d.). Free Will. ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy''. URL= <nowiki>https://iep.utm.edu/freewill/#H3</nowiki>

'''Free will/Indeterminism'''

Again referring to the [[Free will]] article, free will (also called indeterminism) refers to having the full control to independently decide, which actions to carry out. In other words, free will can be described as ''"a significant kind of control over one’s actions”''<ref>O’Connor, Timothy and Christopher Franklin (2022). Free Will. ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' (Winter 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman (eds.), URL=<nowiki>https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2022/entries/freewill</nowiki></ref>, as cited in the article.

As explained in the article about [[Free will]], Compatibilism is the idea that determinism is fully compatible with free will, and also that the freedom or abscence of freedom of an action is defined independently from its determination or causation, but by whether the action is caused by the person in question itself or another person or circumstance. Moreover, compatibilism states that causation and determination are a necessity for free and responsible action.<ref name=":1">Russell, P. (2020, May 27). Hume on free will. ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy''. URL=<nowiki>https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-freewill/#FreWilHumRel</nowiki></ref>

The idea opposing to [[compatibilism]], claiming that determinism is incompatible with [[free will]].