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InTheEndEntropyWins t1_j8rx92e wrote

Reply to comment by answermethis0816 in Free Will Is Only an Illusion if You Are, Too by greghickey5

The way I see it is that professional philosophers are using the definition of what people "really" mean by the term. Amateur philosophers are using some weird incoherent definition that doesn't exist and hence isn't what people really mean by the term.

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answermethis0816 t1_j8rxvja wrote

A determinist would agree that it’s incoherent… which is why they are determinist, no?

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InTheEndEntropyWins t1_j8ryr8x wrote

>A determinist would agree that it’s incoherent… which is why they are determinist, no?

Nearly all compatibilists are determinists.

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answermethis0816 t1_j8scjtu wrote

Sorry, I'm using determinist to mean hard determinist. I intentionally avoided incompatibilist since that also includes libertarianians.

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