Title: What is the difference between determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism? - Quora
Headings: What is the difference between determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism?
What is the difference between determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism?
Alex Baker
Bruce Silverstein
Bruce Silverstein

Content: the view that determinism is not inconsistent with free-will
Libertarianism: the view that compatibilism is false (i.e. Libertarianism is incompatibilist. Free-will requires the “ability to do otherwise” in some ultimate metaphysical sense), and that we do in fact have free-will. This entails that the universe is i
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Determinism: the view that the conjunction of the prior state of the universe and the laws of nature metaphysically entails a particular action, such that that action could not fail to occur (without changing either the prior state of the universe or the laws of nature)
Compatibilism: the view that determinism is not inconsistent with free-will
Libertarianism: the view that compatibilism is false (i.e. Libertarianism is incompatibilist. Free-will requires the “ab