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How is determinism proven?

Ree Zen April 29, 2021 at 04:41 1075 views 1 comments
Does proving determinism require complete predictability? I think so. Some actions are predictable, but some are not. Of actions that were not predicted, the cause of many appears to be people acting under their own volition. Because of these observations, I see compatibilism as the real world working model to address the question of Free Will.

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Pinprick April 29, 2021 at 14:08 #529210
Reply to Ree Zen

How is free will proven? It seems to me that Occam’s razor leads one to assume determinism is more likely correct than idealism. But yes, determinism is assumed to be true, but that assumption is based on evidence.

Quoting Ree Zen
Does proving determinism require complete predictability?


Not necessarily. If you have a specific instance of matter interacting in a causal way with other objects, is it reasonable to conclude that all matter interacts in this way? How many objects do I need to drop before I can “prove” gravity exists?

Quoting Ree Zen
Some actions are predictable, but some are not.


This is likely, in my opinion, due to our lack of knowledge regarding those particular actions. We’re not entirely sure how the brain works, so any act presumably caused by brain states is destined to have a certain amount of uncertainty involved.