4e_65_6f t1_jdrg24t wrote
The argument does not follow:
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>We should believe only the truth. (premise)
If S should do A, then S can do A. (premise)
If determinism is true, then if S can do A, S does A. (premise)
So if determinism is true, then if S should do A, S does A. (from 2, 3)
So if determinism is true, then we believe only the truth. (from 1, 4)
I believe I have free will. (empirical premise)
So if determinism is true, then it is true that I have free will. (from 5, 6)
So determinism is false. (from 7)
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Just because you should believe the truth is does not mean you can only believe the truth.
This seems like a phrasing trick. By this logic you can justify any belief as true, determinism does not mean everything you believe is true.
This argument ignores that there is such a thing as a mistaken belief.
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