Philo quiz Oct 23

the belief that all events, including human actions and choices, are predetermined and governed by causal laws or prior conditions.

• Determinism

• Libertarianism

• Reductionism

the belief that individuals possess the capacity to make choices that are not entirely determined by external forces or

prior conditions.

• Determinism

• Libertarianism

• Reductionism

THE VIEW THAT ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND OF OUR OWN EXPERIENCES, CAN BE TRACED BACK AND REDUCED DOWN TO ONE SINGULAR THING.

• Determinism

• Libertarianism

• Reductionism

an action is free only if the agent - that is the person doing the thing, could have done otherwise

• Principles of alternate possibilities

• Agent causation

• Event causation

have the power to cause events through their choices and actions, often associated with free will and moral responsibility

• Principles of alternate possibilities

• Agent causation

• Event causation

All events, including human actions, are

determined by preceding causes or conditions, suggesting a lack of free will.

• Principles of alternate possibilities

• Agent causation

• Event causation

NONE OF OUR ACTIONS IS FREE. EVERYTHING IS THE INEVITABLE RESULT OF WHAT CAME BEFORE. INCLUDING EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. HUMAN ACTIONS AND DECISIONS ARE PART OF PHYSICAL WORLD BOUND BY PHYSICAL LAWS.

• Baron D' Holbach

• Socrates

• Epicurus

• Thomas Nagel

• Zhuang Zi

Death is either:

-Dreamless sleep

-Passage to another life

• Baron D' Holbach

• Socrates

• Epicurus

• Thomas Nagel

• Zhuang Zi

Death is a cessation of sensation

• Baron D' Holbach

• Socrates

• Epicurus

• Thomas Nagel

• Zhuang Zi

Death deprives us of more life, the fear of missing out

They'll miss out on things they want to experience

• Baron D' Holbach

• Socrates

• Epicurus

• Thomas Nagel

• Zhuang Zi