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Free Will Views of Chisholm and Ayer
Determinism vs. Libertarianism
Contrasting the Free Will Views of Chisholm and Ayer
Contrasting the Free Will Views of Chisholm and Ayer
The philosophical dissection of the concept of 'free will' necessarily requires defining causality and the criteria that can influence causation. Towards this goal, the views of two philosophers who take opposing deterministic and libertarianism views will be presented and analyzed.
The possibility that a person's internal state of mind doesn't play an influential role in events is inconsistent with what I believe.
Chisholm and Ayers on Free Will
The concept of free will or freedom necessarily invokes a consideration of causation. Chisholm's view on causation, as interpreted by Feldman and Feldman (2008), requires an explanation of the criteria surrounding causality that Chisholm termed 'conceptual primatives' (Section 6). The first primitive concept introduces causal contribution....
In contrast, an agent (human) may decide to take the next train in order to finish a discussion with a coworker in the office. Free will can therefore only be attributed to the causal contribution from an agent.
If the commuter needs to hurry home they may choose to make excuses to their coworker, in order to leave the office in time to catch the train. The choice to leave is independent of whether the train is on time or not and therefore is a reflection of the agent's intent. This is the nature of the second conceptual primitive of 'endeavoring'. If the conditions surrounding an agent's decision do not favor one choice over another then the agent is in a state of indeterminism (third conceptual primitive). Any decision made while in this state can therefore be seen as an exercise of free will. The fourth conceptual primitive is agent power, or the agent's ability to bring about a specific…
References
Feldman, Richard and Feldman, Fred. (2008). Roderick Chisholm. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved October 4, 2011 from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chisholm/
MacDonald, Graham. (2010). Alfred Jules Ayer. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved October 4, 2011 from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ayer/
Wand, Bernard. (1959). The origin of causal necessity. Journal of Philosophy, 56, 493-500.
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