PHIL 100W Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Theism, Determinism, Compatibilism

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 100W
• Professor: David Head

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Phil100w: lec 13th: clifford: evidentialist (not a sceptic as opposed to descartes) We ought never believe anything except what the evidence requires: no leaps of faith, no wishful thinking, constantly seek new evidence. Induction: generalizing over past instances and using them to ground predictions about the future. Clifford, ethics of belief : believe it -> belief in x means you think x is true. Believe in god: theist: disbelief -> disbelief in x means you think x is false. Disbelief in god: atheist: refrain from judging/suspend judgement -> no belief. Neither believe nor disbelief in god: agnostic. William james, the will to believe : hypotheses depend on a person"s relations. Phil100w: lec 15th: we want to know the truth but we also want to avoid error. You cannot get an ought" from an is". Descriptive -> ( is") tells how things are/evidence. Normative -> ( ought") tells how things should be: determinism: view we get from science.