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| a group of reasons or premises that are supposed to prove or establish a conclusion |
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| the premises are intended to show that the conclusion must necessarily be true |
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| the premises show only that the conclusion is probably true |
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| statement presented as a reason for accepting conclusion |
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self is defined by behavior
there is no inner self - only external self |
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self is simply the matter that makes up physical body
mind states are brain states
feelings = electrochemical triggers
all aspects of the universe are composed of matter and energy and can be explained by physical laws
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| study of reality or existence |
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| making choices independent of coercion |
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| having the kind of control it takes (whatever that might turn out to be) to be morally responsible for your actions |
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| one is morally responsible for an action if it is appropriate to praise or blame the person for that action |
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| every event, including human action, is causally necessary, i.e. has a preceding cause that makes that event inevitable |
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| at least some events (some human actions) are not causally necessary |
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| determinism and freedom of the will are not inconsistent with each other |
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| some things are caused; those that aren't are the result of our free will |
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| limits on freedom that are within the individual, such as compulsions, obsessions, or uncontrolled anxiety |
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| the state of being able to be proven wrong, if a were true |
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| wishing something in the past had been done/turned out differently |
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| the makeup of something, what something is |
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limits on freedom such as incarceration, threats, or coercion
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| determinism and freedom of the will are inconsistent with each other |
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| existing independently of experience |
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| not existing independently of experience |
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| the belief that all knowledge is a priori knowledge, can be reached through reason |
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| the belief that all knowledge is a posteriori knowledge, acquired only through experience |
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| the universe is based on non-material transcendent ideas and concepts |
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| Alternative possibilities (Kane) |
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| free will exists if one "could have done otherwise" |
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