Exam 6: Freedom Versus Determinism

Religious determinism is the idea that our lives are predestined.

Who would argue that even if you are crippled or blind how you choose to respond to that is freedom?

If there are external causes for everything you do you are a

Fatalism is the view that although things are fixed and predetermined your behavior still makes a difference.

Indeterminism is the idea that some events, especially regarding human decision making, are uncaused.If some human decisions are uncaused then nobody is responsible for them.

All events are caused but some are caused by human beings is the doctrine of

The great exponent of economic and social determinism was

Hard determinism maintains that if all events are caused there is no freedom.

Ivan Pavlov is famous for his experiments with human beings, getting them to salivate at the sound of a bell.

Who, according to the author of the text, is the most prominent exponent of indeterminism?

Determinism can be understood to mean that there is no uncaused event.

Determinism means the same thing as

Indeterminism is the belief that

The great exponent of physical determinism was

According to the author of the text, one problem with hard determinists is their inaccurate use of language.

B.F.Skinner based his behavioral theories on the groundbreaking work of Heisenberg.

Who said that consciousness is "intentional"?

Soft determinism is the only acceptable theory because it shows that freedom is impossible.

Soft determinism is the view that all events are caused but there is human freedom.

Who argued that humans are physical beings conditioned by their social, cultural, and natural environments?