Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:26 am
I had some confusion previously in some replies I made, about the definition of "hard determinism". I said hard determinism is, according to a compatibilist, compatible with free will - I thought hard determinism meant something other than what it apparently actually means.
Any comment I made previously about "hard determinism", please disregard. My mistake.
Well said, it's not very often that someone has the bollocks on this forum to admit when they were even slightly wrong about anything.
Like myself. I state, I am learning philosophy from this site, still haven't got around to read the works of the big names in the realm of philosophy. But I like reference to some of their ideas.
I will sit on your statement for now that compatibilism is based on the
ethics within the mindset of a conscious mind within a determined universe, and that's how a compatibilist only has an argument for their free-will.
Thus, after that, perhaps I am not declaring myself as a compatibilist if it is soley based on ethics within conscious minds as its premise for free-will (i think it's a rather short of form argument)
Yes, Sculptor is a self declared compatibilist btw.
..perhaps she has something to add re her views on compatibilism.