Predeterminism as a category error : why Aribiah Attoe got it wrong
dc.contributor.author | Ben, Patrick Effiong | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-02-20T13:05:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | I aim to establish in this article why Aribiah Attoe, like other determinists before him, got it wrong in arguing for the possibility of predeterminism in a materially evolving universe. I will do this by proving two things: I will first establish the inconsistency of the idea of predeterminism in an evolving universe. Then, I argue that the adirectionality presupposed by an evolutionary universe gives room for free will and negates the argument for a predeterministic universe. I aim to achieve the above by exposing why the view which upholds the universe and all existents within it as lacking free will – or the possibility of adirectionality – stems from a category error on the part of the determinists. Lastly, I defend the position that for predeterminism to stand a chance against the free will of animate things-in-the-world, it must deny the possibility of an evolving/expanding universe that is adirectional and suggestive of boundlessness, and the possibility that some events are not fundamentally necessary reactions to previous states of affairs. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.embargo | 2025-03-11 | |
dc.description.librarian | hj2024 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | None | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsph20 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Patrick Effiong Ben (2023) Predeterminism as a category error: Why Aribiah Attoe got it wrong, South African Journal of Philosophy, 42:1, 13-23, DOI: 10.1080/02580136.2023.2211824. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0258-0136 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2073-4867 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1080/02580136.2023.2211824 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94763 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group) and NISC (Pty) Ltd | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2023 South African Journal of Philosophy. This is an electronic version of an article published in South African Journal of Philosophy, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 13-23, 2023.doi : https://doi.org/10.1080/02580136.2023.2211824. South African Journal of Philosophy is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsph20. | en_US |
dc.subject | Predeterminism | en_US |
dc.subject | Aribiah Attoe | en_US |
dc.subject | Adirectionality | en_US |
dc.subject | Evolution | en_US |
dc.subject | Free will | en_US |
dc.subject | Predeterministic historicity (PDH) | en_US |
dc.title | Predeterminism as a category error : why Aribiah Attoe got it wrong | en_US |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |