PHL 105Prof KatzSardar Zarak Khan1000919116TA AndreWord: 1803Does free will exist?Robert Kane in his thesis, begins by making a remark concerning the eternal quarrel between the supporters of determinism and those of the doctrine of free will, and how this quarrel is intertwined in the ancient reality of religion and that of contemporary science. The author pleases the reader by raising certain issues that challenge the logical balance between free will and determinism which, according to some schools of thought, makes the simultaneous presence of both intrinsically impossible. Another question he raises has its roots in the modernist worldview that relies on empirical evidence. David Hume somewhat subscribes to this belief and aims to provide an explanation of these notions in such a way that he believes people who challenge/support these arguments will be able to conclude the same way regarding their preconceived beliefs on the matter. Although it may seem a bit presumptuous, he believes that the only reason we cannot agree on this topic is due to the difference of opinion in our definitions. Both authors agree that freedom is an extremely important factor in our daily lives. As Kane describes it, we need freedom “in order to have the capacity and opportunity to satisfy more of our desires.” Robert Kane goes on to describe what he sees as a sharp but unnoticed distinction in forms of freedom, that is, the superficial freedoms he describes as "everyday freedoms", which are manipulated by external sources and real free will which gives us “ultimate freedom”. say of one's will." Somewhat similar... middle of paper ...... maintenance school of thought. " This school of thought turns out to be somewhat illogical because it emphasizes the fact that all Human beings think and act the same way, which in my opinion is not entirely accurate. This statement that all human behavior arises from the same motivations and causes could be considered true for the early stages of our lives, but not entirely true when we are transformed into adults. Hume invokes in his thesis, with which I do not entirely agree, the way in which determinism ceases to rely on events being necessary and that we rely on those events being necessary by regarding them as such. These arguments, in my opinion, would have been. operational and logical at that time, but in our modern times, faced with certain empirical evidence, these would not be as easy to prove as he claims..