Free will and determinism are NOT compatible
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| Started: | 7/6/2014 | Category: | Philosophy | ||
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"The power of acting without constraint of necessity; the ability to act at one's own discretion".
Now it simply becomes a question of whether or not the "laws of physics" should tie into "necessity" or "one's own discretion".
It is my belief that the "necessity" and "discretion" of an action is what arises after realizing it is possible and thus "necessity" is not constrained by physics.
Taking "determinism" to mean something like "an infinitely powerful turing machine, given a starting state and the laws of physics, can perfectly simulate the universe, including humans' decisions and actions" while accepting "free will" to take on its more political/societal definition rather than its physical one (which seems like a ridiculous way to define it in my opinion), they seem reconcilable to me. Of course, my assumptions are my own. My takes on "necessity" and "discretion" are debatable.