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Arguments for and against determinism are provided using not just philosophical insights, but also interdisciplinary topics, such as neuroscientific brain experiments and experiments in the field of quantum mechanics, providing insights into modern science and provoking new questions, while encouraging the reader to reach his own conclusion on determinism. | Arguments for and against determinism are provided using not just philosophical insights, but also interdisciplinary topics, such as neuroscientific brain experiments and experiments in the field of quantum mechanics, providing insights into modern science and provoking new questions, while encouraging the reader to reach his own conclusion on determinism. | ||
Finally, the paper discusses the implications determinism would have on the concept of knowledge, posing the question, whether determinism would make our pursuit of truth and understanding inauthentic, as it would be impossible to independently obtain or question given knowledge. | Finally, the paper discusses the implications determinism would have on the concept of knowledge, posing the question, whether determinism would make our pursuit of truth and understanding inauthentic, as, in the abscence of free will, it would be impossible to independently obtain or question given knowledge. | ||
== '''Etymology''' == | == '''Etymology''' == | ||