What are arguments for determinism?

The mind does not so much experience cause as cause experience. Upon this basis the argument for determinism proceeds as follows: Like effects have like causes, the effect is like the cause, the effect is in fact the cause transformed, as the lightning is the effect of the preceding electrical conditions.

What is the basic argument of theological determinism?

Theological determinism is a form of predeterminism which states that all events that happen are pre-ordained, and/or predestined to happen, by one or more divine beings, or that they are destined to occur given the divine beings’ omniscience.

What is theological fatalism?

Theological fatalism is the thesis that infallible foreknowledge of a human act makes the act necessary and hence unfree. If there is a being who infallibly knows everything that will happen in the future, no human being has any control over the future.

How did the author explain the term Incompatibilism?

‘Hard incompatibilism’ is a term coined by Derk Pereboom to designate the view that both determinism and indeterminism are incompatible with having free will and moral responsibility. Like the hard determinist, the hard incompatibilist holds that if determinism were true, our having free will would be ruled out.

Is there such a thing as theological determinism?

Theological determinism is a form of predeterminism which states that all events that happen are pre-ordained, or/and predestined to happen, by a God/gods, or that they are destined to occur given its omniscience. Theological determinism exists in a number of religions, including Jainism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Is the rejection of theological determinism a rejection of free will?

A rejection of theological determinism (or divine foreknowledge) is classified as theological incompatibilism also (see figure, bottom), and is relevant to a more general discussion of free will. The basic argument for theological fatalism in the case of weak theological determinism is as follows;

How does determinism relate to the creation of the universe?

In the first, God determines everything that happens, either in one all-determining single act at the initial creation of the universe or through continuous divine interactions with the world. Either way, the consequence is that everything that happens becomes God’s action, and determinism is closely linked to divine action and God’s omnipotence.

Why does Jainism believe in soft theological determinism?

Soft theological determinism claims that humans (or all organisms as per jainism, because, otherwise they will never evolve out of their primary existence in the absence of creator or director of the universe) have free will to choose their actions, holding that God, whilst knowing their actions before they happen, does not affect the outcome.