Objective 20
Describe what
Skinner means by determinism.
Explanation:
Determinism is the philosophy that says that all human action is caused or determined by preceding events and not by free will. Determinism says every effect has a cause and every cause has an effect, and everything that happens is the only possible thing that could happen. It also says we are already locked into everything that is going to happen in the entire future of the universe.
Determinism is the philosophy that says that all human action is caused or determined by preceding events and not by free will. Determinism says every effect has a cause and every cause has an effect, and everything that happens is the only possible thing that could happen. It also says we are already locked into everything that is going to happen in the entire future of the universe.
Example:
This website, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cultural-animal/200902/just-exactly-what-is-determinism-0, tells about determinism. It gave an example of how determinism works. When you go to a restaurant and look at the menu there are many things that you could order, but you order the chicken and eat it. A determinist says that when you entered the restaurant you may not have known what you would end up ordering the chicken, but there was never any chance at all that you could have ordered anything else.
This website, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/cultural-animal/200902/just-exactly-what-is-determinism-0, tells about determinism. It gave an example of how determinism works. When you go to a restaurant and look at the menu there are many things that you could order, but you order the chicken and eat it. A determinist says that when you entered the restaurant you may not have known what you would end up ordering the chicken, but there was never any chance at all that you could have ordered anything else.
Example:
This picture is a good example of determinism. It says that the hand you are dealt is determinism, and the way you play your hand is free will. Determinism says that all things are decided by preceding events, and free will says that a person can have more than one possible response to a given situation. Today many people compare free will and determinism.
This picture is a good example of determinism. It says that the hand you are dealt is determinism, and the way you play your hand is free will. Determinism says that all things are decided by preceding events, and free will says that a person can have more than one possible response to a given situation. Today many people compare free will and determinism.