Freewill and Determinism: Scientific Determinism (II)

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  • Created by: Alasdair
  • Created on: 26-06-17 10:32
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  • Scientific Determinism (II)
    • Hard determinism
      • freewill does not exist
    • Arguments of causation
      • Cause and effect
      • Laws of the universe
      • Absolute
        • Physics
    • Universe
      • Mechanism
    • Beginning of the universe
      • Set in motion
        • everything from this point is determined
    • Einstein's 'invisible player'
      • God
    • Newton and causation
      • Links to Heisenberg
    • Uncertainty Principle
    • Quantum physics
      • At quantum level, particles behave randomly
      • Could say, atoms were determined to behave randomly
    • Time is liner
      • Chronological
    • For Einstein, freewill does not exist because everything in the universe is determined by laws of causation from beginning of the universse
      • Einstein: 'God doesn't play dice with the universe'
    • Nobody can predict your behaviour from past events

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