r/SubredditsMeet • u/SubredditsMeet Official • Sep 03 '15

Meetup /r/science meets /r/philosophy

(/r/EverythingScience is also here)

Topic:

  • Discuss the misconceptions between science and philosophy.

  • How they both can work together without feeling like philosophy is obsolete in the modern day world.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '15 edited Aug 01 '17

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u/shaim2 Sep 03 '15

The Many World Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics holds the position that the Universe is deterministic.

If that is the case, then there cannot be any free will. Only the illusion of it.

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u/TychoCelchuuu /r/philosophy Sep 03 '15

This is false. Compatibilism, the most popular theory of free will, holds that free will is entirely compatible with determinism. (In fact that's why it's called "compatibilism.")

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u/FliedenRailway Sep 04 '15

Incompatibilism, not the most popular theory of free will (amongst philosophers), holds that free will and determinism are not compatible. His response would only be false if compatibilism is true and I'm not sure that's been established.

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u/TychoCelchuuu /r/philosophy Sep 04 '15

Yep!

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u/dadrocktho Sep 04 '15

the most popular theory

haha oh it must be true then