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Determinism is the thesis that _____.


A) no one has free will
B) no one is responsible for their actions
C) every event is determined by events that cause it
D) everyone determines their own destiny

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Unlike the hard determinists, Jean-Paul Sartre thought that _____.


A) our actions are determined completely by ourselves
B) determinism is compatible with free will
C) our actions are uncaused
D) indeterminism is true

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William James argued that since we can regret things that happened, _____.


A) freely willed actions must be caused
B) freedom must require that determinism is true
C) we should be able to choose any action we want
D) it must be possible for things to have turned out otherwise

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Libertarians believe that _____.


A) our actions are uncaused
B) we have free will
C) determinism is true
D) determinism is false

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What was Descartes' theory of knowledge, and how did that guide his philosophical investigations?

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What was Descartes' conclusion about the nature of the self, and how did he arrive at that conclusion?

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Soft determinism says that _____.


A) there is free will even though determinism is true
B) there is free will, so determinism is false
C) not every event is determined
D) some events are uncaused

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The feminist perspective on free will says that we are only free _____.


A) when we are doing what we want to do
B) when our actions are undetermined by outside circumstances
C) when people are not trying to constrain us
D) if our actions are caused by our own will

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Indeterminism says that _____.


A) some actions are free
B) not all events are determined
C) all events are uncaused
D) some events are caused

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