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Is Free Will an Illusion? The Metaphysics and Psychology of Choice | Prof. Joshua Hochschild

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The Beginning Point of Change in the Soul

Aristotle says god is the starting point of change in the soul. For augustine, and then for aquinas and dante, it becomes central to understanding the arc of salvation history as a drama of our relationship to grace. The classical conception of causes leads to quite a variety of quest tions about free will. Are some people more free than others? What causes us to abuse or misdirect our freedom? How does our freedom differ in different stages of the biblical story of the human condition? And many others.

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