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Philosophical Arguments for Free Will Timeline Game

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Philosophical Arguments for Free Will can be a complex and thought-provoking topic, much like the gameplay of our timeline game.

  • Players must carefully consider the sequence of events and make decisions based on their understanding of the chronological order.
  • Each event in the game represents a key moment in history or a significant development, challenging players to think critically about cause and effect.
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  • 4th century BCE: Aristotle discusses the concept of free will in his works Nicomachean Ethics and Eudemian Ethics
  • 5th century CE: St. Augustine of Hippo argues for free will in response to the problem of evil
  • 13th century CE: Thomas Aquinas integrates Aristotelian philosophy with Christian theology to support free will
  • 17th century CE: Rene Descartes posits that free will is a fundamental aspect of human consciousness
  • 18th century CE: David Hume challenges the concept of free will in his work 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding'
  • 18th century CE: Immanuel Kant argues for the compatibility of free will and determinism in 'Critique of Practical Reason'
  • 19th century CE: Arthur Schopenhauer criticizes the idea of free will in 'The World as Will and Representation'
  • 19th century CE: Friedrich Nietzsche explores the concept of free will in his works on morality and consciousness
  • 19th century CE: William James promotes the idea of indeterminism and free will in 'The Will to Believe'
  • 20th century CE: Bertrand Russell argues against free will in 'On the Notion of Cause'
  • 20th century CE: Jean-Paul Sartre advocates for existentialist views on free will in 'Being and Nothingness'
  • 20th century CE: Daniel Dennett defends compatibilism in 'Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting'
  • 20th century CE: Robert Kane proposes a theory of libertarian free will in 'The Significance of Free Will'
  • 20th century CE: Harry Frankfurt introduces the concept of higher-order desires in 'Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person'
  • 21st century CE: Alfred Mele explores the relationship between free will and neuroscience in 'Free: Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will'
  • 21st century CE: Peter van Inwagen argues for incompatibilism in 'An Essay on Free Will'
  • 21st century CE: Susan Wolf examines moral responsibility and free will in 'Freedom Within Reason'
  • 21st century CE: Timothy O'Connor defends agent-causal libertarianism in 'Persons and Causes: The Metaphysics of Free Will'
  • 21st century CE: Derk Pereboom presents a hard determinist perspective in 'Living Without Free Will'
  • 21st century CE: Eddy Nahmias explores experimental philosophy and free will in 'Introducing Philosophy: Free Will and Determinism'

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