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        <title>philosophy — Christian Debate</title>
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        <title>Compatibilism: Crash Course</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 08:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Compatibilism: Crash Course Philosophy #25</strong><br /><span data-youtube="youtube-KETTtiprINU?autoplay=1"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KETTtiprINU"><img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/KETTtiprINU/0.jpg" width="640" height="385" border="0" alt="image" /></a></span></p>

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  <p>As we continue explore free will, today Hank considers a middle ground between hard determinism and libertarian free will: compatibilism. This view seeks to find ways that our internally motivated actions can be understood as free in a deterministic world. We’ll also cover Frankfurt Cases and Patricia Churchland’s rejection of the free-or-not-free dichotomy and her focus on the amount of control we have over our actions. (Quoted verbatim from Youtube)</p>
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        <title>Determinism vs Free Will: Crash Course Philosophy #24</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 08:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
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  <p>Do we really have free will? Today Hank explores possible answers to that question, explaining theories like libertarian free will and it’s counterpoint, hard determinism. (Quoted verbatim from Youtube)</p>
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        <title>Where does the Law of Noncontradiction come from?</title>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 22:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Jan</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[<p>The Law of Noncontradiction (LNC) states that two contradicting statements can't both be true. Whereas it is quite self-evident that this law is universally correct, I've been wondering from where it originates.</p>

<p>Does it exist independently of God, i.e. God would be subject to the LNC (implying God would not be able to create a stone that he cannot lift, as this would be logically impossible - meaning God's omnipotence would cover everything that's logically possible to do, but nothing beyond that)?</p>

<p>Or did God _create _the LNC, i.e. God would be master of the LNC (implying God would be able to create a stone that he cannot lift; and he would also be able to lift this stone; as the LNC would not apply to God)?</p>

<p>Both Scripture and science are silent about this question… Despite a large apologetics library, I've found nothing.</p>

<p>My current working hypothesis is that God created the LNC, and is not subject to it. However, his whole creation is made in a way that it is subject to the LNC and requires the LNC. Therefore, even if God could in his omnipotence violate the LNC, he doesn't do it.</p>
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