Philosophy / Unit 4 Philosophy 0175 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds
Classifying a Free-Will Position
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The idea
Classifying a free-will position: locating any thinker on the map with three yes-or-no questions, asked in order.
In practice
The three questions. One: does the thinker take determinism to be true? Two: do they take free will to be compatible with determinism? Three: do they affirm free will?
Where people slip
Classify from the answers, not the vocabulary—thinkers say "freedom" while meaning three different maps.
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