Freedom and Determinism:
Incompatible Propositions

Incompatible Propositions:
1.All actions are determined.(Determinism)
2.If an action is determined, then it is not free.(Incompatibilism)
3.There are free actions.(Freedom)

DeterminismIncompatibilismFreedom
(1)(2)(3)
Hard DeterministAcceptsAcceptsDenies
Soft DeterministAcceptsDeniesAccepts
LibertarianDeniesAcceptsAccepts


Richard Lee, rlee@comp.uark.edu, last modified: 21 April 1999