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The aim is to explore how physical indeterminism influences concepts of freedom and self-movement in living beings.

August 6, 2021SyntheseOpen Access

‘Animals run about the world in all sorts of paths’: varieties of indeterminism

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Discusses the implications of indeterminism for freedom, agency, and self-movement among animals, suggesting significant philosophical consequences.

The aim is to explore how physical indeterminism influences concepts of freedom and self-movement in living beings.
Analyze Elizabeth Anscombe's essays on causality and indeterminism.
Discuss the extension of indeterminism beyond freedom to include animal self-movement.
Propose a framework for understanding varieties of indeterminism and their implications for philosophical debates on free will.
Indeterminism is shown to be essential for understanding freedom and self-movement.
A new perspective on the compatibility of life with physical determinism is presented.
The discussion of free agency is reframed to include various compatibility questions about determinism.

Jesse M. Mulder (2021) studied this question.

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Discusses the implications of indeterminism for freedom, agency, and self-movement among animals, suggesting significant philosophical consequences.