The Strange Case of Dr. DeVille, or Determinism and Rationality
| Abstract | In this essay, I use a thought experiment to illustrate the human predicament if determinism is true, then draw the implications of this result for human rationality. This paper was read at the Eastern Division of the Society for Christian Philosophers at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2009. | |||||||||
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