Comparison between determinism and indeterminism
1. Pick one of the philosophers—D’Holbach or Popper—and describe his stance as well as the justification for it.
Include the primary criticisms as well as any potential responses.
2. Gettier Illustrations
Describe the traditional C.A.K. (JTB) analysis of knowledge, and then demonstrate why some people don’t think justified true belief suffices for knowledge using a Gettier example.
3. Agrippa’s Trilemma
We can never have knowledge since, in the end, none of our beliefs can ever be shown to be true, according to Agrippa’s Trilemma. The trilemma is something that the perspectives of Foundational Internalism, Coherentism, and Abduction all want to avoid. Explain how the trilemma operates, then choose one of these three views and describe how it tries to avoid the trilemma’s consequences (of course, be sure to raise and respond to any objection to that position).
4. Are reviewers of art also individuals, kind of? Answer both questions.
A) Describe how Han Van Meegeren exploited forgeries to put art critics in a predicament; be careful to describe the predicament.
B) How could Susan Sontag react to this predicament?
5. The Doctrine of Temporal Parts
Overview
Everything, according to Baron d’Holbach, is merely made out of matter, and physics alone determines how things turn out. Learn more about his beliefs of materialism, determinism, and his book “The System of Nature,” which reflects his view that human ability to choose is only an illusion.
Determinism
This brings us to the concept of determinism. Determinism holds that there is no choice or freedom of will since all matter is subject to physical rules. Surprisingly, determinism covers human acts as well. The System of Nature by Baron d’Holbach exemplifies this. In this, he argued that man, like matter, is subject to physical laws. In other words, just as a moving wheel cannot stop on a dime, we people are also constrained by physical law.
To keep things simple, the determinism argument goes as follows: Reality is made up of just matter. Physical rules govern all of this substance. Nothing can escape them. This is where we come in. Because people are comprised of matter, we are also subject to physical rules. Not only do we lack the ability to control or manage the cosmos, but we also lack the ability to choose our own path in life. To put it another way, freedom is an illusion.
