determinism [Theme]

Gramophone record, which captured the angels, morally no better than the one on which is recorded a bestial roar. From the point of view of determinism the one who wanted and could have been better, was doomed to it in advance, and likewise was sealed the fate of the one who is willing and able to become better, was doomed to it in advance, and likewise was sealed the fate of the one who wanted, but could not - go not even tried - to want. The conclusion is false; the sound of fighting, recorded on the disc, not what the struggle is real.

If you take a steady pendulum and shake it, the further course of events can be predicted unambiguously: the goods back to the state with the least hesitation, that is, to the rest. If the cargo is at the top, it is in principle impossible to predict, he will fall to the right or left. So in one case, the situation is in principle predictable, but not in another, and in this paragraph in full growth raises the problem of determinism. For small oscillations the pendulum is a deterministic object, and we know exactly what needs to happen. On the contrary, the problems associated with the pendulum upside down on the head, contain views about non-deterministic object.

It must be emphasized that nature and its laws are in some repetitive cycle; statistical determinism is not destroyed by the fact that every part, every particle can decide to make it or not make some movement within its orbit.

No one knows the future. Least of all those who believe in historical determinism. After they are spies and journalists.

If there is an all knowing being (God), it is impossible to have free will, since the creature will know that you want to take, so you can't make a decision because it has been done to you.

If, indeed, there is no comprehensive physical theory that governs everything, then it must be assumed that it determines our actions. However, it makes it so that its consequences cannot be predicability for such a complex organism as a human being, and, in addition, it includes a certain element of randomness, the corresponding quantum mechanical effects. This allows us to say that our statements about human free will stem from the impossibility to predict what he will do. However, if a person will fly on a space ship and return before I ever went, we could predict that he or she will do it, because it will be part of recorded history. Thus, in this situation, the time traveler would not have free will in any sense.