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WorksheetsPhilosophy SAC: Free Will and Determinism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many marks is an 'Outline' style question worth?
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What do you need to do to win the 1 mark in an 'Outline' style question?
Define the key term or concept
Explain the key term or concept
Define the key term or concept using an example
Evaluate the key term or concept
How many marks is a 'Consistent with, why?' style question worth?
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True of false: You CAN win 1 out of 2 marks in a 'Consistent with, why?' style question.
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What do you need to do to win the 2 marks in the question 'Is Baron d’Holbach’s Systems of Nature consistent with Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle? Why?'
Identify whether Baron d’Holbach's hard determinism is consistent with Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
Identify reason/s why Baron d’Holbach's hard determinism is inconsistent with Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
Explain Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
Use an example from Baron d’Holbach’s Systems of Nature when explaining hard determinism.
How many marks is an 'Evaluate' style question worth?
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True of false: You CAN win 1 out of 2 marks in an 'Evaluate' style question.
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What do you need to do to win the 2 marks in the question 'Evaluate Baron d'Holbach's view of hard determinism.'
Identify whether Baron d'Holbach's view of hard determinism is convincing or unconvincing.
Identify reason/s why Baron d'Holbach's view of hard determinism is convincing or unconvincing.
Evaluate how convincing or unconvincing Baron d'Holbach's view of hard determinism is.
Compare Baron d'Holbach with Schopenhauer.
How many marks is a 'With reference to, explain' style question worth?
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True of false: You CAN win 1 out of 3 marks in an 'With reference to, explain' style question.
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True of false: You CAN win 2 out of 3 marks in an 'With reference to, explain' style question.
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What do you need to do to win the 3 marks in the question 'With reference to Daniel Dennett’s 2011 interview on ABC Radio National ‘Daniel Dennett on human consciousness and free will’, explain compatibilism.'
Define compatibilism.
Explain compatibilism.
Use a detailed example from Dan Dennett's interview when explaining compatibilism.
Critique compatibilism.
The ability to freely choose between doing or not doing an action.
This is part of a common sense definition of what key term or concept?
Free will
Hard determinism
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Compatibilism
Moral responsibility
Given that human beings are matter and all matter obeys the strict and exceptionless laws of nature, human beings do not have free will.
This is part of a definition of what key term or concept?
Free will
Hard determinism
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Compatibilism
Moral responsibility
All matter is subject to unpredictable fluctuations. This means we cannot know with certainty - only with probability - where matter will be. However, this indeterminism mostly applies to subatomic particles and rarely applies to our lived reality.
This is part of a definition of what key term or concept?
Free will
Hard determinism
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Compatibilism
Moral responsibility
At a subatomic level, it is impossible to know with absolute certainty both the momentum and position of a particle. This is not because of a failure of measurement but because subatomic particles simply do not possess simultaneously precise values of these two attributes. Therefore, there is an inherent randomness built in to the universe.
This is part of a definition of what key term or concept?
Free will
Hard determinism
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Compatibilism
Moral responsibility
Whether or not you can be held accountable, and therefore punished, for your actions.
This is part of a definition of what key term or concept?
Free will
Hard determinism
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle
Compatibilism
Moral responsibility
How do compatibilists, like Dan Dennett, reconcile free will with determinism?
They prove the existence of free will.
They disprove the existence of determinism.
They change the definition of free will from "choosing between options" to "thinking about choosing between options".
They change the definition of determinism from "absolutely certain" to "statistically certain".
Why do compatibilists, like Dan Dennett, reconcile free will with determinism?
Because they want to create moral responsibility in the world.
Because they want to eliminate moral responsibility in the world.
Because they want to add moral "fuzziness" to the world.
Because they want to eliminate moral "fuzziness" from the world.
Which of the following is an exception to BOTH free will and hard determinism?
You feel like you make choices.
All matter follows the strict and exceptionless laws of nature.
Subatomic particles follow the statistical laws of quantum mechanics.
