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metaphysics
branch of philosophy concerned with investigating the nature of reality; concerned with the big picture
ontology
the branch of metaphysics that concerns itself with what exists
Correspondence theory of truth
something is true if it corresponds with reality
Coherentist theory of truth
perspective based, true=coherent (fits into preconceived notions)
Pragmatic theory of truth
perspective based, true=useful
Agent
one who acts; understand difference of events happening in me or to me, and my taking control of events, or doing things
free will
when it comes about purely because of the agent’s willing it when he could have done otherwise
determinism
doctrine that every event has a cause for any event e, there will be some antecedent state of nature N, and a law of nature L, such that given L, N will be followed by e
laplace’s demon
if there were a supreme intelligence that had all the info about the universe then it would have everything it needed to know everything that has happened and everything that will happen
hard determinism
the position that accepting determinism, we do not have free will, we are not agents
compatibilism
the position that everything you should want from a notion of freedom is quite compatible with determinism
fatalism
the doctrine that what will be will be and that human action has no influence
Libertarianism
this view seeks to protect the reality of human free will by supporting that a free choice is not casually determined but not random either (incompatibilist)
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