Essays on Determinism

Whether our actions are free, predetermined, or both is a topic that has been a widely debated and still remains unclear today. Is the relationship between our actions and responsibility accurately described by determinism, compatibilism, or free will? Analyzing the nature and implications of both…

The Enduring Self In regards to Western philosophy, there is a truth within the everyman that pits human nature versus rational thought. There are thoughts to humans acting purely off of motive, and there is also the notion that even with the most malevolent of…

‘Determinism is perfectly compatible with the idea that we are essentially free’. How far does Orwell present individual actions as preordained by social factors in ‘1984’? Determinism is the belief that ‘all events are ultimately determined by causes regarded as external to the will’ ….

Progressing Through our Ability to Think Today, in an age of mass communication, social media and portable technological devices, are we the sole creators of our own thoughts and actions, or are we produced by society and others? According to John Hospers, there are always…

The very word determinism has a rather undefined meaning, much because the philosophers have different meanings in the word and defined it in a different way. In general, we can say that determinism is a teaching which means that all that happens is preceded by…