7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

12/1/2010

General Philosophy

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Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, determinism and choice; the need for a concept of freedom to allow free choice, the problems associated with this and asking whether we really have freedom of choice.

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8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity
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7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
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7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

General Philosophy

More episodes from "General Philosophy"

8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains

8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom

7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

6.4 Making Sense of Perception

6.3 Abstraction and Idealism