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==== Incompatibilism ==== | ==== Incompatibilism ==== | ||
The idea opposite to | The idea opposite to compatibilism, claiming that determinism is incompatible with [[free will]]. | ||
== '''Philosophers and Scientists on Determinism''' == | == '''Philosophers and Scientists on Determinism''' == | ||
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=== David Hume === | === David Hume === | ||
As one of the founders of classical | As one of the founders of classical compatibilism, David Hume claims that both determinism and [[free will]] coexist (Russell, 2020, under “1. ‘Liberty and Necessity’ – The Classical Reading”).<ref name=":1" /> | ||
As a consequence of determinism, Hume questions religion by claiming that all evil in the world would thus be directly attributed to God, and not the individuals performing the acts of crime, making them completely [[Draft:Moral|morally]] unaccountable for their actions (Russell, 2020, under “6. Free Will and the Problem of Religion”).<ref name=":1" /> | As a consequence of determinism, Hume questions religion by claiming that all evil in the world would thus be directly attributed to God, and not the individuals performing the acts of crime, making them completely [[Draft:Moral|morally]] unaccountable for their actions (Russell, 2020, under “6. Free Will and the Problem of Religion”).<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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Following the idea of possibilism, he assumes the existence of possible worlds, almost like causally isolated parallel universes, each of them fully deterministic. | Following the idea of possibilism, he assumes the existence of possible worlds, almost like causally isolated parallel universes, each of them fully deterministic. | ||
David Lewis rather supports | David Lewis rather supports compatibilism, while also acknowledging the position of incompatibilism in the context of the problem of evil and [[free will]] ("David Lewis," n.d.).<ref>David Lewis. (n.d.). ''The Information Philosopher''. Retrieved from https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/philosophers/lewis/</ref> | ||
== '''Arguments supporting Determinism''' == | == '''Arguments supporting Determinism''' == | ||