That is, they think all of their decisions were preordained, and then use this to claim that they can’t be held responsible for anything they do.

  • conciselyverbose
    4•9 months ago

    Nah. It just extends down. Your belief, and any changes over time, are also predetermined as some sum of your inputs.

    • enkers
      1•9 months ago

      Sure, but the compatibilist view is, in my understanding, that determinism is true, but we still have free will. The mind is so complex its deterministic function can’t be fully predicted, so the outcome of particular inputs over any meaningful duration cannot be computed. Thus actual free will and the illusion of free are essentially functionally identical.