Submitted by BernardJOrtcutt t3_yv08ow in philosophy
gimboarretino t1_iwklwv4 wrote
hard determinism has the same problem as the "teleological argument"
A) the deterministic argument is based on the empirical experience/observation of causality in the world
B) but that empirical experience/observation, per se, never provides evidence of necessary and inevitable causality (hard determinism).
C) thus hard determinism is something separate from the strictly empirical experience/observation
D) thus the step from the "degree of causality indicated by experience/observation" to the "highest possibile degree of causality" (which is inevitable causality --- hard determinism) is something demanded by pure reason
E) and this is an unjustifiable "ontological leap".
The modus operandi is the same as the (fallacious) teleological proof of God.
I experience a certain order, an intelligent (or intelligible) design in the world (the "fine tuned universe").
Therefore, from the solid ground of (empirical/ontological) experience, I attempt a desperate leap to fly into the thin air of pure (logical) possibility of the actual existence of a Being embodying that order and that intelligent design at the highest possible degree (God), without even admittind I left the ground.
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