Philosophy / Unit 4 Philosophy 0146 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Determinism
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The idea
Determinism: every event, including every human choice, is fixed by prior states of the world together with the laws of nature.
In practice
Given the universe's full state a century ago and the laws, a complete calculator could in principle predict today's headlines.
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