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The argument against determinism

שו"תקטגוריה: philosophyThe argument against determinism
שאל לפני 6 שנים

Hello Rabbi,
In the book The Science of Freedom, you wrote that determinism cuts off the branch on which it sits: if there is deterministic causality for our cognition as well, then it does not necessarily reflect the truth, and thus this conclusion itself is not necessarily true.
And I didn't understand: Even according to the libertarian method, how come the conclusions of reason reflect the true reality? But, a rational discussion deals with what is within the limits of reason, and not what is beyond it. So also with regard to determinism, it doesn't matter what the "correct" reality is, in a discussion conducted through reason, only what reason forces is relevant, and as long as reason deduces the deterministic position, there will be no problem with that (I will emphasize that despite the somewhat decisive tone in the last lines, I am writing them only as a question)
I would appreciate the Rabbi's response.
With thanks


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The concept of discretion includes reflection. The claim is that our mind is not a closed-system computer, but rather has the ability to consider whether it is itself right (a person can understand that he or she was wrong or not. A computer cannot). You can of course doubt the existence of this ability, but this is the libertarian's assumption. For the determinist, this is not just an assumption, but there is no other possibility.

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