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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
Free Will and Determinism
The Luck of the Draw: Freedom as Chance
Multiple Choice
1
The hard determinist asserts that we are not free but seem to feel that we are because we are unaware of the causes of our motives and desires.
A)
True
B)
False
2
Scientific research suggesting that human behavior is predictable and that it is part of a chain of causes proves that human actions are caused by prior events.
A)
True
B)
False
3
Hard determinists are not incompatibilists.
A)
True
B)
False
4
It is possible for an uncaused (random) event on the micro level to affect events on the macro level.
A)
True
B)
False
5
If some actions are not the result of previous events but are the result of chance, then free actions are possible.
A)
True
B)
False
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