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Det Forenede Kongerige
9 episoder
siden 4. juli 2024
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BONUS: Bernard Beckett

Bernard Beckett is a teacher and author based in New Zealand. Among his most acclaimed young adult novels are 'Genesis' and 'Malcom & Juliet'. In 2011, he published 'August', which is a sci-fi novel that deals with themes of determinism and free will. The promotion…

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Here's a relatively brief conversation with an anonymous contributor I met while doing street interviews at the beginning of the 'TBD' project. Significantly, out of 100 informal interviewees, this eloquent lunch-goer was the only one to declare specific interest in determinism as a …

BONUS: Susan Blackmore

Susan Blackmore is a popular British writer and academic. She's well-known for her work in the fields of consciousness and 'memetics' and she also has plenty to say on the issue of free will. Here, we chat about decision-making, 'taking responsibility', forgiveness, and the…
James Miles is a British writer with special expertise in evolutionary biology. He's also an ardent free will skeptic, and in 2015 published 'The Free Will Delusion', which informed a conversation featured in episode 3 of this series. In this bonus episode, we tilt towards the subjec…

1. Introduction

Do you think it really would have been possible for you to have something different for breakfast this morning? Here, we’ll be introduced to determinism via conversations with authors, professors, teachers, students, and the good folks of various footpaths. We’ll think about whether spreading such …
How much can people be blamed for their own wrongdoing? Is it unrealistic to think we might curb the extent to which we judge one another?If the universe is taken to be essentially determined, then surely this impacts the way everybody's behaviour should be evaluated. Very often, people's…
Would belief in determinism make a person more generous or insular? Does such a picture advantage progressives or conservatives? And could it make you go softer on those you disagree with?Perhaps believing in a universe whose course is as good as set out confronts us with the impact of 'luck&a…
If we take a view our lives couldn't ever have been otherwise, how will this affect the way we reflect and anticipate? Does it equally degrade our achievements and console us about disappointments? And how do we proceed if intimidated by a universe whose path we perhaps can't disrupt? Aft…
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