Tag: "free will & determinism"

Freedom and Neurobiology by John Searle

Richard Corrigan freely ponders John Searle’s thoughts on free will.
[Issue 66: March/April 2008: Books]

An Argument About Free Will

Luke Pollard and Rebecca Massey-Chase dialogue about freedom vs determinism.
[Issue 66: March/April 2008: Articles]

Who Caught That Ball?

Raymond Tallis ponders the fields of action in which our freedom is expressed.
[Issue 65: January/February 2008: Tallis in Wonderland]

Compatibilism

Craig Ross on whether freedom is all it’s been made up to be.
[Issue 62: July/August 2007: Personal Identity & Time]

Seven Samurai

See a cinematic classic from a post-Hegelian perspective. Danny O’Donnell reviews Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006: Films]

Human Acts in Islamic Philosophy

Are our actions really free or are they determined by God’s will? Imadaldin Al-Jubouri on a controversy that divided Muslim philosophers.
[Issue 47: August/September 2004: Philosophy of Religion]

On Real and Artificial Flowers

by Chengde Chen
[Issue 45: March/April 2004: Poetry]

Sartre & Peanuts

Nathan Radke claims that Charlie Brown is an existentialist.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Articles]

The Matrix Reloaded

Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg plugs himself into The Matrix Reloaded but says that philosophically, it was destined to be dull.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003: Films]

Human Freewill and Divine Predestination

Antony Flew untangles some confusion about David Hume, St Thomas Aquinas and the fiery fate of the damned.
[Issue 40: March/April 2003: Articles]