Thelonious_Cube t1_j9e0xid wrote on February 21, 2023 at 5:56 AM

Reply to comment by jamesj in Compatibilism is supported by deep intuitions about responsibility and control. It can also feel "obviously" wrong and absurd. Slavoj Žižek's commentary can help us navigate the intuitive standoff. by matthewharlow

That "could have done otherwise" means there's a possible world in which a different choice was made, not that determinism is false.

jamesj t1_j9e2cn6 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:12 AM

In practice I live in only one world. My position is that I couldn't have done otherwise and any other very-nearly-mes in other worlds also couldn't have.

Thelonious_Cube t1_j9e2jnx wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:15 AM

That ignores the purpose of possible-world thinking

jamesj t1_j9e35d1 wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:22 AM

Theorizing worlds doesn't make them true. The fact we can imagine other worlds doesn't make them exist. They could exist, they might exist, but I'm still not in control of which one I end up in, even if they do exist.