The more we learn about man, the more determinisms we discover.
This argument is used in the debate Does God exist?.
This argument is a justification of The absence of human freedom contradicts the existence of a god.
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“On the basis of what we know about the brain, some neuroscientists and philosophers claim that we are all more or less in sleepwalking mental states - even when awake and fully conscious. In fact, we are in no way masters of our own destinies and decisions. The events of our past and the workings of our unconscious would be far more decisive. In short, free will is an illusion.
The proponents of such an intellectual position point out that all living beings obey the laws of physics, in which every event is the logical consequence of the one that precedes it, according to the principle of causality. Even human behavior is the result of cause-and-effect relationships over which we have no control. There would be no room for freedom in the universe.
Some neuroscientific studies seem to lend credence to this argument. They suggest that conscious decisions are not always behind our actions. Rather, our actions are the result of a series of neural processes, and our intentions to act are formed a posteriori, once the act has been performed or is in progress. As for the brain, it pilots our actions without the help of consciousness. The impression of having a say in all this would only be illusory.”
