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Do most people act as if determinism isn't true because of its impracticality in real life? I think I know what it means for determinism to be true but if so how would anyone ever make a decision?
I had a teacher who observed that the person with the most determination could be successful, so to me determination, or perhaps a form of determinism, would be practical in real life.
What does determinism mean to you.
People who believe in determinism don't act any differently than anyone else.Do most people act as if determinism isn't true because of its impracticality in real life? I think I know what it means for determinism to be true but if so how would anyone ever make a decision?
People who believe in determinism don 't act any differently than anyone else.
You explained it quite well. Even if reality is deterministic we can't really "go with the flow" without actually making decisions which seems counterintuitive to determinism.Determinist like myself just live our lives knowing its futility. I view it as a matter of fact not a matter of practice. I accept its impact into how we view the grand scheme of morality but at the same time my outlook is very nihilistic compared to most of what deterministic believe.
For example if every action I make when waking up in the morning results in pleasure or pain I just accept the futility of my actions yet at the same time I wish to do more until I am in the circumstance to do it. This is why I do not worry about things like grades in my college or anything else. I have never worried about the good or evil and merely embraced the futility of both.
I wholeheartedly disacknowledge such concepts in intellectual conversation and praxis. Although it does not stop me from acknowledging ideals like virtue in mankind.
I don't quite understand your debacle though, hard determinist like myself see no issue with this outlook
You explained it quite well. Even if reality is deterministic we can't really "go with the flow" without actually making decisions which seems counterintuitive to determinism.
So as to act like it isn't true?People who believe in determinism don't act any differently than anyone else.
So as to act like it isn't true?
As long as a person doesn't beat them selves up over it, determinism might seem pointless to fight against nature.Determinism to me offers more morality regardless if it is truthful or not.
Nice distinction.I do not mean to but in but it means to "act as if it doesn't matter."
As long as a person doesn't beat them selves up over it, determinism might seem pointless to fight against nature.
No, even if it is true, you still have to act. I've never seen a believer in determinism remain frozen in place!So as to act like it isn't true?
No, even if it is true, you still have to act. I've never seen a believer in determinism remain frozen in place!
Almost all people who think about the possibility of a deterministic existence regard their acts as functions of a free will because it far more satisfying than to think they had no actual say in what they do.Do most people act as if determinism isn't true because of its impracticality in real life?
They don't. There is no such thing as choice or any of its cognates. All our actions are determined by the causes that lead up to them.I think I know what it means for determinism to be true but if so how would anyone ever make a decision?
Although "determination" has the same linguistic root as "determinism," the two do not refer to the same thing. As your teacher used the word, "determination" means "firmness of purpose; resoluteness." Determinism, on the other hand, refers to "the doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes external to the will."I had a teacher who observed that the person with the most determination could be successful, so to me determination, or perhaps a form of determinism, would be practical in real life.
What does determinism mean to you.
They have no choice but to do just that.People who believe in determinism don't act any differently than anyone else.
Philosophical determinism means that mankind has no free will. It is a philosophy of nature that posits that mankind's behavior is a product of nature and determined by the very atoms in his body. Everything in life is already determined and set to happen.
This has nothing to do with determination in goals