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The Spectrum of Philosophies an Introduction to the Philosophies of Earth Professor Dr. James K. Powell II |
Topic Six Free Will or Determinism, Fate?
Definitions
(Please read the first few paragraphs of each definitional entry)
Textbook
(Don’t forget
to click “Next” to the end of the assigned chapter)
Free Will and
Determinism from Open Text Book
"Human Beings are Determined" by Baruch Spinoza
Further
Readings
Free Will: On
Grace and Free Will:
A modern view of this basic argument:
Free Will and Human Responsibility in the Thought of Corliss Lamont
A Humanist Argument for Free Will
(1902-1995)
"Man Makes Himself" by Jean-Paul Sartre
Determinism: Christianity Unveiled (Chapter 8):Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (1723 – 1789)
: 
"If we go back to the beginning we shall find that ignorance and fear created the gods; that fancy, enthusiasm, or deceit adorned or disfigured them; that weakness worships them; that credulity preserves them, and that custom, respect and tyranny support them in order to make the blindness of men serve their own interests."
"If ignorance of Nature gave birth to gods, then knowledge of Nature is calculated to destroy them."
Fatalism: Overview: Richard Taylor: All is Fated! We have no Free Will!
Further
Richard Taylor (1919-2003)
Walter Terence Stace: Compatibilism: "The Problem of Free Will"
Walter Terence Stace (1886-1967)
Videographies
Sartre and Nishitani: Existentialism and Buddhism by (2007) Dibya Phuyal
through Professor Rev. Dr. James Kenneth Powell II, opensourcebuddhism.org This piece investigates Sartre's (and Heidegger's) notion of "Existence precedes Essence", the hallmark doctrine of Existentialists. With a "be here now" attitude of the Buddhist, the Existentialist differs from the Buddhist in many significant ways, in spite of certain similarities. Existentialist anthropocentrism Nishitani will tell Sartre is just one of many exciting ways they differ.
Free Will and Human Responsibility in the thought of Corliss Lamont by Anonymous
The Baron d'Holbach and Determinism by Kris Ward (2003)
Richard
Taylor: All is Fated! We have no Free Will! by
Elliot Haack (2003)
2006:
Remake of William Stace and "Compatibilism"
by Garson (and of course, Leimontas)