Exam 3: Free Will and Determinism

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Hard Determinists reject which premise of the following argument? P1: If every event has a cause, then there are no free actions. P2: Every event has a cause. C: There are no free actions.

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Question 101

Laplace's Superbeing knows the exact future of the entire universe.

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Question 102

Traditional Compatibilists believe that free actions have ____ causes.

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Question 103

Psychologists call the process of reinforcing certain behaviors using punishments and rewards ______ conditioning.

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Question 104

Martin Gardner's random bombardier thought experiment shows that

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Question 105

Incompatibilists reject which premise of the following argument? P1: If every event has a cause, then there are no free actions. P2: Every event has a cause. C: There are no free actions.

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Question 106

Quantum Mechanics holds that the behavior of _______ are uncaused events.

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Question 107

Traditional compatibilists claim that obsessive-compulsive behaviors are free actions because people who exhibit them are doing what they want to do and their behaviors are not externally constrained.

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Hard Determinists reject which premise of the following argument? P1: If every event has a cause, then there are no free actions. P2: Every event has a cause. C: There are no free actions.

Laplace's Superbeing knows the exact future of the entire universe.

Traditional Compatibilists believe that free actions have ____ causes.

Psychologists call the process of reinforcing certain behaviors using punishments and rewards ______ conditioning.

Martin Gardner's random bombardier thought experiment shows that

Incompatibilists reject which premise of the following argument? P1: If every event has a cause, then there are no free actions. P2: Every event has a cause. C: There are no free actions.

Quantum Mechanics holds that the behavior of _______ are uncaused events.

Traditional compatibilists claim that obsessive-compulsive behaviors are free actions because people who exhibit them are doing what they want to do and their behaviors are not externally constrained.

The Philosophical Enterprise

The Mind-Body Problem

The Problem of Personal Identity

The Problem of Relativism and Morality

The Problem of Evil and the Existence of God

The Problem of Skepticism and Knowledge

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