Issues and Debates - Free Will and Determinism

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the notion that humans can make choices and are not determined by biological or external forces
free will
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the view that an individual's behaviour is shaped by internal and external forces
determinism
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this implies that free will is not possible as our behaviour is always caused by external and internal forces
hard determinism
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this implies that all events have causes but it also believes that our conscious mind can control our actions
soft determinism
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the belief that behaviour is caused by biological influences that we cannot control
biological determinism
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the belief that behaviour is caused by features of the environment that we cannot control
environmental determinism
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the belief that behaviour is caused by unconscious conflicts that we cannot control
psychic determinism
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the view that an individual's behaviour is shaped by internal and external forces

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determinism

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this implies that free will is not possible as our behaviour is always caused by external and internal forces

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this implies that all events have causes but it also believes that our conscious mind can control our actions

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the belief that behaviour is caused by biological influences that we cannot control

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