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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. Many famous philosophers from the very beginning of philosophy have been determinists. Opponents to determinists are indeterminists, but rarely have heard of that term. Indeterminists instead self-identify under a number of religions and philosophies which believe in | '''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. Many famous philosophers from the very beginning of philosophy have been determinists. Opponents to determinists are indeterminists, but rarely have heard of that term. Indeterminists instead self-identify under a number of religions and philosophies which believe in Cartesian dualism, which is the idea that everything is determined except brain activity in humans. | ||
==Soft vs hard determinism== | ==Soft vs hard determinism== | ||
Soft determinists believe in free will and try to awkwardly reframe cartesian dualism as part of the natural world. | |||
Hard determinists do not believe in free will, and consider the concept illogical. Hard Determinism is fundamentally at odds with some political and social movements, including [[neoliberalism]] and associated movements, and [[CBT|cognitive behavioural therapy]]. | |||
==Not a fringe theory== | ==Not a fringe theory== | ||