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Determined by Robert Sapolsky
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 9:21 am
by Philosophy Now
Re: Determined by Robert Sapolsky
Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2025 9:31 am
by puto
Thank-you.
Re: Determined by Robert Sapolsky
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:07 pm
by AlonsoAcevesMX
Really engaging read. I’m curious how Sapolsky’s deterministic view lines up with soft determinism. Compatibilists argue that even if our actions are caused, we can still call them “free” when they reflect our own desires and internal motivations.
Could there be room in his model for a kind of agency that doesn’t rely on metaphysical freedom, but still feels meaningfully ours?
Re: Determined by Robert Sapolsky
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2025 10:46 am
by puto
Good sceptical view of reality. Including his other book,
Behave.
Thank you, again for the review of the book.
Re: Determined by Robert Sapolsky
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2025 2:27 pm
by Flannel Jesus
AlonsoAcevesMX wrote: ↑Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:07 pm
Really engaging read. I’m curious how Sapolsky’s deterministic view lines up with soft determinism. Compatibilists argue that even if our actions are caused, we can still call them “free” when they reflect our own desires and internal motivations.
Could there be room in his model for a kind of agency that doesn’t rely on metaphysical freedom, but still feels meaningfully ours?
Sapolsky rejects compatibilism entirely. No free will, he says, period.
Re: Determined by Robert Sapolsky
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 10:36 pm
by AlonsoAcevesMX
There's the answer. Thank you