Determinism vs Free Will
- Episode aired Aug 15, 2016
Crash Course and host Hank Green opens with a discussion of Oedipus and free will. He examines the theories of libertarian free will (that some acts are freely chosen) and hard determinism (... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green opens with a discussion of Oedipus and free will. He examines the theories of libertarian free will (that some acts are freely chosen) and hard determinism (that all events are caused by past events and that nothing other than what does occur can ... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green opens with a discussion of Oedipus and free will. He examines the theories of libertarian free will (that some acts are freely chosen) and hard determinism (that all events are caused by past events and that nothing other than what does occur can occur). The problem, however, is that these two theories seem incompatible. He distinguish... Read all