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Philosophy 102:  Introduction to Philosophy
Quiz: Varieties of Determinism and Free Will

Directions:  Fill in the blank space provided, for each question, one of the following words which best fits the belief being defined.

hard determinism predestination
free will predeterminism
fatalism indeterminism
soft determinism chance (a posteriori)

 1.  The belief that not all of our acts are determined by past events (i.e., some acts are and some acts are not determined) is called .

2.  The belief that every event, including mental events, have a cause is called .

3.  The belief that events throught the history of the world have been foreordained by some supernatural power in accordance with causality is called .

4.  The belief that all events are made to happen by God, not necessarily by causality in nature, is called .

5.  The belief that our choices are effective, even though they are caused, and some mental processes are uncaused is called .

 

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