Title: Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible. : philosophy
Headings: Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible.
Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible.
Compatibilism and Incompatibilism are compatible.
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Content: | Our specific conceptions of free will, compatibilistic or incompatibilistic, are measured against such concerns. We might have all of these concerns initially when we start the debate, in fact we almost certainly would. But when disagreement arises when people answer "Am I free of just a complicated machine?", the only way to move the discussion forward would be to answer "What do you mean by free and will?". | So a compatibilist is someone who is saying that it's possible to answer such questions in the affirmative, while still holding determinism to be true. An incompatibilist is someone who is saying that it is not
I agree with all of this, but the properties associated with what each position means by 'free' and 'will' are not going to be contradictory. Continue this thread
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2 points · 6 years ago
Hey, stop forgetting and not forgetting paraconsistent logics. Continue this thread
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pocket_eggs
1 point · 6 years ago · edited 6 years ago
I'm going to one up OP and claim that your position and his position are compatible. What you're saying is that the way in philosophy is that you can't claim two positions at the same time with regard to the same concept - you must choose a definition, argue that it is well chosen, and stick with that story. Wher