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1. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2023/11/13How Can Determinists Believe in Free Will? | The New Yorker

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   Nov 6, 2023 · According to the Stanford neurobiologist Robert M. Sapolsky, determinism means that human beings don’t really make choices. Moral judgments like blame and praise are based on an...

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2. www.psychologytoday.com › intl › blogWhat Actually Is a Belief? And Why Is It So Hard to Change?

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   Oct 7, 2018 · Among other topics, the book discusses in more depth the psychology of belief, developing an understanding motivated by respectful curiosity as to how and why humans are predisposed to religious...

3. www.psychiatrypodcast.com › psychiatryA Summary of ‘Determined’ by Robert Sapolsky — Does Free Will ...

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   Feb 5, 2024 · Prosociality in religious people is boosted by religious primes while prosociality in atheists is boosted just as much by secular primes. One real world example of atheists who have not run amok is the Scandinavians who have experienced a steep decline in religiosity.

4. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullTheology, Free Will, and the Skeptical Challenge from the ...

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   Jul 7, 2020 · ABSTRACT. Given how central free will and moral responsibility are for theology, Christian theologians should not remain at the sidelines when scientists and philosophers debate recent empirical results about human agency.

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5. journal.rts.edu › review › determined-to-believe-theDetermined to Believe? The Sovereignty of God, Freedom, Faith ...

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   The primary target of his book is theistic determinism, which Lennox nowhere explicitly defines but apparently takes to be the view that God determines—more specifically, causally determines—every event in the creation, including the decisions and actions of his creatures. The book consists of 20 chapters and is divided into five parts.

6. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleUnderstanding the psychology of religion: the contribution of ...

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   Jan 1, 2020 · In this chapter, we analyze how self-determination theory (SDT) contributed to the advancement of the psychology of religion.

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   What do theistic determinists think about God?

   • Theistic determinists think God is “the irresistible cause of human behavior, whether good or bad” (53). Paul Helm’s claim that all events are under the direct control of God is an “apparently extreme deterministic position” (54). Theistic determinists imply that “God takes over and ‘directly controls’ the molecules in my arm” (55).

   Determined to Believe? The Sovereignty of God, Freedom, Faith, and

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   What does theistic determinism mean?

   • First, theistic determinism implies that God is “actively involved in evil” (63) because evil is “directly caused” by God (64, 68). Second, theistic determinism implies a fatalistic view of predestination such that “if I am going to be saved I will be saved, and I can do nothing about it in either direction” (63).

   Determined to Believe? The Sovereignty of God, Freedom, Faith, and

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   Are determinism based on an illusion?

   • They’re only half right. According to the Stanford neurobiologist Robert M. Sapolsky, determinism means that human beings don’t really make choices. Moral judgments like blame and praise are based on an illusion. Illustration by Till Lauer You’re walking fast, late for work. The line into the subway is barely moving.

   How Can Determinists Believe in Free Will? | The New Yorker

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   What is Lennox's determinism?

   • The primary target of his book is theistic determinism, which Lennox nowhere explicitly defines but apparently takes to be the view that God determines—more specifically, causally determines—every event in the creation, including the decisions and actions of his creatures. The book consists of 20 chapters and is divided into five parts.

   Determined to Believe? The Sovereignty of God, Freedom, Faith, and

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8. henrycenter.tiu.edu › 2019 › 12Psychology and its Unresolved “Issues”: The Case of Determinism

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   Dec 3, 2019 · An emergent tension at the interface between science and religion is how to deal with determinism because science often involves deterministic causal laws and religion involves agentic human experiences.