What the compatibilist claims is simply that our actions may be free and attributable to us even ifdeterminismis true.From theCambridge English Corpus
He questions the concern, widely expressed, that freedom and responsibility are excluded bydeterminism.From theCambridge English Corpus
Determinismhere refers to the idea that the future is dependent upon the present such that, given the present, only one possible future exists.From theCambridge English Corpus
Ifdeterminismis true, then we can be morally responsible for our actions, but none of them are right, wrong, or obligatory.From theCambridge English Corpus
But the usual past-to-futuredeterminismis not the fundamental meaning of unitarity.From theCambridge English Corpus
Determinism, however, applies to wave functions (quantum states) rather than to individual particles.From theCambridge English Corpus
Economicdeterminismsuggested that the market was the battlefield upon which the struggle for existence was waged.From theCambridge English Corpus
These range from accounts based on geographicaldeterminismto those of historical revisionism.From theCambridge English Corpus
Its main target isdeterminism, both hard and soft, as well as treatments of various species of luck as a destroyer of moral responsibility.From theCambridge English Corpus
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