Free Will and A Clockwork Orange

Sara Bizarro
Nov 1 · 10 min read

Free Will is the idea that we can choose between alternatives, it usually includes the belief that we could have done otherwise. Philosophers have claimed that this is problematic because, in a scientific world view, where every state necessarily follows from the previous one, everything is, in fact, determined — this is usually called determinism. Determinism implies that everything that will happen in the Universe until the very…

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Sara Bizarro

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PhD in Philosophy, Professor, Artist, Movie Buff.

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