Hard Determinism

Land of the

Free

“Free at last, Free at last.

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.”

Whatis

Determinism?

Laplace 1749-1827

(not to scale)

= event = process of natural laws

What is hard Determinism?

Illusion

Responsibility

Randomness

(There’s more than one way to skin a cat.)

Flow

CreditsAgnosticPreachersKid. American Red Cross HQ.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/American_Red_Cross_Administrative_Headquarters.JPG

CarbonNYC: Hand-raising adventures. <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/3135103537/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/carbonnyc/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div>

Chandra observatory: black hole. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cena/cena.jpg

/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwkphotography/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwkphotography/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div>

Devil: I stole this image, but I am ashamed and full of deep regret.

Free Wine. Sunrise Paddling. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/478332550_9d533b6c19.jpg

Jesper Rønn-Jensen: audience listening. http://search.creativecommons.org/#

Les Chatfield. Gears. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Rock_crusher_gears.jpg

Library of Congress. Martin Luther on a lecturn. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg/434px-Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg

NASA Images. Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hill. http://mm04.nasaimages.org/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/nasaNAS-5-NA/25263/GPN-2003-00069.jpg&userid=1&username=admin&resolution=4&servertype=JVA&cid=5&iid=nasaNAS&vcid=NA&usergroup=GRIN_-_NASA-5-Admin&profileid=21

Rwkvisual: American Flag. <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwkphotography/3755789436

RJC-UK. Vase. http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/K-J2-je_4DMc7lL8f-Z6ig

The Unnamed: Freedom. www.flickr.com/photos/unnamed/47093936/

Tony Crescibene: Redemption fireworks 2009. <div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" about="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crescibene/3690655922/"><a rel="cc:attributionURL" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crescibene/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/crescibene/</a> / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">CC BY 2.0</a></div>

Wikipedia Commons. Big Dice. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/God-dice.jpg

Wikipedia commons. Creation of Adam. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/The_Creation_of_Adam.jpg

Wiki commons: Domino Effect. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Domino_Cascade.JPG

Wikipedia commons. Pierre Simon Laplace. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Pierre-Simon_Laplace.jpg

Wiki commons: Vase. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Two_silhouette_profile_or_a_white_vase.jpg