Levels & Kinds of DETERMINISM
Level 1. EVERYTHING is Determined.
A. Everything is determined...
a. including God.
b. except God.
a. including God.
b. except God.
B. Every event is determined...
a. including the first event.
b. except the first event.
a. including the first event.
b. except the first event.
C. Determinism & causality are synonymous.
Level 2. SOME THINGS are Determined.
A. Everything is determined except free will decisions.
B. Every event is determined except free will actions.
C. Determinism & causality are not synonymous.
A. Everything is determined except free will decisions.
B. Every event is determined except free will actions.
C. Determinism & causality are not synonymous.
An event may be caused, but not determined.
D. Some events are caused; some are not caused.
E. Determinism within a given range of possibilities:
i.e. Given X number of possible events, one of them must happen.
i.e. Given X number of possible events, one of them must happen.
Determined either/or
Either A is determined or B is determined,
but A is not determined and B is not determnined.
Either A is determined or B is determined,
but A is not determined and B is not determnined.
F. FATALISM
A given event is determined to happen,
but the agent by which it happens is not determnined.
but the object to which it happens is not determnined.
but the time it happens is not determnined.
but the place in which it happens is not determnined.
but the agent by which it happens is not determnined.
but the object to which it happens is not determnined.
but the time it happens is not determnined.
but the place in which it happens is not determnined.
Level 3. NOTHING is Determined.
All events are random.
Causation is an illusion.
All events are random.
Causation is an illusion.