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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Free will and determinism"”.
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Reactance as a result of repeated threats and an intervening restoration of attitudinal freedom
… of successive threats to the same attitudinal freedom on reactance arousal. Although the effect of repeated or successive threats to freedom was not considered in the original statement of reactance theory, later research suggests there will be special effects. A series of threats in close …
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Action and determinism: a study of the problem of free will
<p>One of the most ancient and persistent of human concerns is that directed at understanding human nature. Out of both curiosity and necessity people have wished to come to grips with what they are and how they are like or unlike the other things they find in the world. We want to uncover our own …
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The Effects of Inducing Disbelief in Free Will on Subsequent Cognitive Performance
… previous research indicates that belief in free will influences social behavior and mental processes, its effect on cognitive performance has not yet been examined. Thus, the current study investigated the effects of inducing disbelief in free will on performance on cognitive tasks involving …
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The association between belief in free will, personal control, and life outcomes.
The empirical investigation of free will beliefs is a fascinating and extensive field, offering potential insights into the extent and ramifications of free will beliefs, but this research is not without its limitations. Many competing definitions of free will exist. These competing definitions …
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Philosophy for teenagers: Finding new relevence in old concepts
… launched a formal curriculum of philosophy and ethics education for upper secondary students. This thesis is a writing project that provides a new teaching text in support of this course. The thesis is composed of two components, a creative project and an essay. The creative project is a …
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Pentecost, process, and power: a critical comparison of Concursus in Operational Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology and Philosophical Process-Relational Theology
… of the theme of concursus, the way in which God and humanity interact, in the Pentecostal-Charismatic and Process-Relational traditions. The comparison is literature-based; similarities and differences in the theological literature of each tradition are compared in order to determine the extent …
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God and Time: A Neo-Bergsonian Perspective
… to my argument: the relation between time and space (Chapters 2-4) and the relation between free will and determinism (Chapter 5). Chapter 2 has a twofold task. First, it provides a Bergsonian response to McTaggart’s argument for the unreality of time. Second, it uses the underlying …
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Voluntarism and Reflection
The dissertation examines the prospects of and the relation between two types of metaethical theories, constitutivist and voluntarist ones, which in different ways place the will, or volitional attitudes, at the center of an explanation of practical reasons and practical normativity. Voluntarism …
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Sweetie and the invisible malady: writing and reading type 2 diabetes
Sweetie and the Invisible Malady: Writing and Reading Type 2 Diabetes is a two-part creative writing PhD thesis that addresses a paradox in contemporary literature: type 2 diabetes, one of the most common chronic health conditions, which affects 589 million people worldwide and is responsible for …
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Examining individual differences in attitudes toward the insanity defense
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Three analytic philosophy of mind debates and a Deleuzian intervention: Folk Psychology, Personal Identity and Free Will
… mind debates: folk psychology, personal identity and free will. Prior to this I attempt to show that analytic philosophy in general might benefit from accepting ‘process’ philosophy as an already existing but neglected part of its rich heritage. This would enable Deleuze’s thought to resonate more …