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'''Determinism''' is the belief that everything that occurs in the universe is 100% caused by everything that occurred before it since the beginning of time. [[Hard determinism|Hard determinists]] do not believe in free will, and consider the concept illogical. Many famous philosophers from the very beginning of philosophy have been determinists. There are two types of determinists: [[soft determinism|soft determinists]] and [[hard determinism|hard determinists]]. Opponents to determinists are indeterminists, but rarely have heard of that term, and instead self-identify under a number of religions of philosophies which believe in [[cartesian dualism]], or the idea that everything is determined except brain activity in humans. [[Soft determinists]] believe in free will and try to awkwardly reframe [[cartesian dualism]] as part of the natural world. | '''Determinism''' is the belief that everything that occurs in the universe is 100% caused by everything that occurred before it since the beginning of time. [[Hard determinism|Hard determinists]] do not believe in free will, and consider the concept illogical. Many famous philosophers from the very beginning of philosophy have been determinists. There are two types of determinists: [[soft determinism|soft determinists]] and [[hard determinism|hard determinists]]. Opponents to determinists are indeterminists, but rarely have heard of that term, and instead self-identify under a number of religions of philosophies which believe in [[cartesian dualism]], or the idea that everything is determined except brain activity in humans. [[Soft determinists]] believe in free will and try to awkwardly reframe [[cartesian dualism]] as part of the natural world. | ||
Determinism is not really a fringe theory, as it is the basis for all the hard sciences. Try answering any science quiz with, "the proton just chose to", or "its the protons free choice!". Incels tend to be hard determinist. Some famous academic hard determinists include Galen Strawson | Determinism is not really a fringe theory, as it is the basis for all the hard sciences. Try answering any science quiz with, "the proton just chose to", or "its the protons free choice!". Incels tend to be hard determinist. Some famous academic hard determinists include Galen Strawson<ref>https://philosophy.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/The%20Impossibility%20of%20Moral%20Responsibility%20-%20Galen%20Strawson.pdf</ref>, Patricia Churchland, and Francis Crick. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||