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Incompatibilism is the view that a deterministic universe is completely at odds with the notion that people have a free will; that there is a dichotomy between determinism and free will where philosophers must choose one or the other. This view is pursued in at least three ways: libertarians deny that the universe is deterministic, the hard determinists deny that any free will exists, and pessimistic incompatibilists (hard indeterminists) deny both that the universe is determined and that free will exists. Some of these incompatibilistic views have more trouble than the others in dealing with the standard argument against free will.
Incompatiblism is contrasted with compatibilism, which rejects the determinism/free will dichotomy. Compatibilists maintain free will by defining it as more of a 'freedom to act' — a move that has been met with some criticism.
Metaphysical Libertarianism argues that free will is real and that determinism is false. Such dualism risks an infinite regress however; if any such mind is real, an objection can still be raised using the standard argument against free will that it is shaped by a higher power (a necessity or chance). Libertarian Robert Kane (among others) presented an alternative model:
In this "Philosophy Drive," I talk about libertarian free will, and the two basic routes you can take if you reject it: Compatibilist or Incompatibilist. I argue that choosing between the two is a semantic decision. Includes a verbal run-down of the "Sacred Water Analogy."
Incompatibilism Incompatibilism is the view that a deterministic universe is completely at odds with the notion that people have a free will; that there is a dichotomy between determinism and free will where philosophers must choose one or the other.This view is pursued in at least three ways: libertarians deny that the universe is deterministic, the hard determinists deny that any free will exists, and pessimistic incompatibilists (hard indeterminists) deny both that the universe is determined and that free will exists. =======Image-Copyright-Info======== License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (CC BY-SA 3.0) LicenseLink: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 Author-Info: HNH Image Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uhrwerkszerlegung_01_GW_02.jpg ===...
A quick video explaining three of the main positions on Free Will: Libertarianism, Compatiblism, and Determinism.
Several varieties of incompatibilism are distinguished.
This is the first half of my lecture on incompatibilism.
Derk Pereboom claims that free will is impossible because of its incompatibility with both determinism and indeterminism. Also he defends a robust nonreductive physicalism. It says that although consciousness can’t be reduced to physical it’s not something over and above physical. The interview was taken by Vadim Vasiliev and Dmitry Volkov. Below you’ll see a list of questions of the interview. 1. The most influential books 2. What are the differences between notions of moral responsibility and basic desert? 3. Which type of punishment should be eliminated if we find out that there is no justification for basic desert? 4. Is indignation as a reaction on wrongdoing a kind of irrational emotion? 5. How was the manipulation argument invented? 6. Why you've recently changed a presentation of t...
What is INCOMPATIBILISM? What does INCOMPATIBILISM mean? INCOMPATIBILISM meaning & explanation. Incompatibilism is the view that a deterministic universe is completely at odds with the notion that people have a free will; that there is a dichotomy between determinism and free will where philosophers must choose one or the other. This view is pursued in at least three ways: libertarians deny that the universe is deterministic, the hard determinists deny that any free will exists, and pessimistic incompatibilists (hard indeterminists) deny both that the universe is determined and that free will exists. Some of these incompatibilistic views have more trouble than the others in dealing with the standard argument against free will. Incompatiblism is contrasted with compatibilism, which rej...
This is the second half of my lecture on incompatibilism. An annoying fellow called "Brad Younger" has unfortunately made some very penetrating comments on things I did wrong here, so I suggest you read his comments as well.