In this paper I will be defending the view of hard determinism‚ providing explanations in the process. I believe that hard determinism offers the best relationship with free will. First I will outline what exactly hard determinism is and it’s connection with the ideas of moral responsibility and free will. Then I will explain why I think hard determinism offers the best view of the relationship between determinism and free will. Finally I will discuss a couple common objections to the premise of
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Have you ever heard of the Butterfly Effect where a butterfly flapping it’s wings can cause a hurricane weeks later? “It is said that something as small as the butterfly’s wings can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world”. The connection that this shows is that‚ something as delicate as a butterfly’s wings fluttering can cause something so monstrous as a typhoon around the world. In this I’m going to compare Death‚ Helena Bonham Carter‚ Japan‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ and mermaids. This is
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Nikolas Tinbergen’s 4 causes of behavior are a framework that can be taken to understand animal behavior. The 4 causes are Triggering Cause‚ Development‚ Function‚ and Evolution. Through these 4 aspects‚ we can investigate the monkey species’ behavior. The first cause is the Triggering Cause. In other words‚ what exactly drove the monkey to produce such a call? The scientists that are studying this must investigate what exactly causes this call‚ for example if it is based on what type of food the
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Emberson et al (2010) designed an experiment to determine why overheard phone calls pose more of a distraction than a conversation between physically present individuals and concluded that the unpredictability of the overheard speech contributes to the listener’s distractedness. They hypothesized that the depletion of the listener’s attention would negatively impact their performance on a task. In experiment 1‚ they tested the participants’ performances on two kinds of tasks (visual monitoring and
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Names: Avontay Williams and Clarence Whitt This paper evaluates an Eternalist argument against free will and presents possible positions to maintain free will despite a fixed future. Firstly‚ we demonstrate that the Eternalist argues against free will because the future is not alterable‚ so it conflicts with traditional conceptions of free will. Secondly‚ we object to the Eternalist’s argument by providing an alternative definition of free will that does not require the ability to change the future
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Prompted by the need of probative eyewitness interviewing‚ psychologist Geiselman and Fisher () developed the Cognitive Interview (CI) 30 years ago. The results gained significant attentions for further research in which the CI improve the effectiveness of collecting corrected details. In later years‚ Geiselman and Fisher () developed an enhanced version of the CI (ECI). Given that these two versions of the CI might not be well-fit into specific population‚ such as children or old adults‚ researchers
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Metaphysics: Aristotle and Plato’s Views Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that tries to answer a few questions by looking at the fundamental nature of the world. What is appearance? What is real? And ultimately what is the nature of reality? It helps us to try and see past the physical things and determine for ourselves whether something actually exists and the ultimate reason for why it exists. Although a single term‚ metaphysics covers a wide array of topics‚ including Plato’s idea of individual
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GOOD IN THE MORAL CONTEXT i.e. OBJECTIVISIT‚ SUBJECTIVIST AND FUNCTIONALIST ‘Good’ can be described from three views: • Objectivist • Subjectivist • Functionalist Objectivist point of view One main philosopher who defended the objectivist point of view was George Edward (G.E.) Moore. In his book Principia Ethica‚ Moore discussed the definition of the word ‘good’. With this book he influenced the philosophers who came after him. The objectivist point of view is naturalism i.e. (what
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Motorcycle Accidents The Motorcycle accident gives severe consequences to the motorcyclist‚ it does not only kill the person but sometimes it makes them handicapped and took their important parts of body. There are always severe results of the accidents of motorcycle with the vehicle. Besides the injuries‚ there are also the following severe consequences of the motorcycle riding: The motorcycle riders’ death rates increased among all riders and vehicle drivers.The Motorcycle rider deaths were
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Descriptive Essay- Beach‚ Vacation The place where I feel most comfortable is a place where I am calm. A place that is peaceful in its own ways. It is the place to go to get away from all my troubles. It is the one place where I could sit forever‚ and never get tired of just staring into the deepest blue I have ever seen. It is the place where I can sit and think the best. A place where nothing matters but what is in that little moment. The one place capable of sending my senses into an overload
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