The determinism camp is dying, if not dead already. It's too blatantly obvious that in a determinist scenario, something has to do the determining- and the self is the increasingly obvious starting point. The only remaining debate (which philosophers are currently losing to religion - I would blame this on Heidegger's betrayal of secular philosophy, since my reading of him has steered me and many others in this direction) is whether the self is a "thing" with an extremely limited function, or whether it has a much different nature than we thought and religion is basically right about the most important things. If you're reading this comment, go find some people to study Heidegger with. "Free will" is a somewhat nonsensical term, anyway - I don't think it's translatable from the Germans who formulated these views.
Sosen t1_j99w9lf wrote
Reply to Compatibilism is supported by deep intuitions about responsibility and control. It can also feel "obviously" wrong and absurd. Slavoj Žižek's commentary can help us navigate the intuitive standoff. by matthewharlow
The determinism camp is dying, if not dead already. It's too blatantly obvious that in a determinist scenario, something has to do the determining- and the self is the increasingly obvious starting point. The only remaining debate (which philosophers are currently losing to religion - I would blame this on Heidegger's betrayal of secular philosophy, since my reading of him has steered me and many others in this direction) is whether the self is a "thing" with an extremely limited function, or whether it has a much different nature than we thought and religion is basically right about the most important things. If you're reading this comment, go find some people to study Heidegger with. "Free will" is a somewhat nonsensical term, anyway - I don't think it's translatable from the Germans who formulated these views.