Is free will or determinism correct?

The determinist approach proposes that all behavior has a cause and is thus predictable. Free will is an illusion, and our behavior is governed by internal or external forces over which we have no control.

Is the humanistic approach deterministic or free will?

Humanistic psychologists focus on conscious experience rather than behaviour, and on free will rather than determinism. They argue that people have conscious control over their own lives and that despite biological factors, humans are able to make significant choices within the restraints of biological influences.

Do hard determinists believe in free will?

Hard determinism (or metaphysical determinism) is a view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and therefore that free will does not exist.

Can determinism and free will co-exist?

As stated, I reject the idea of compatibilism (that determinism and free will can co-exist) because you cannot choose anything except what you were determined to choose. The Free Will that exists in man is libertarian free will. Libertarian Free Will asserts that:

What is the best approach to the Free Will vs Determinism debate?

An interactionist perspective may offer the best compromise in the free will vs determinism debate. Approaches in psychology that have a cognitive element (like Social Learning Theory), tend to adopt an interactionist or soft determinism perspective.

What is human determinism?

H ard determinism is the philosophical theory that, because every event has a cause, all human action is predetermined and therefore choices made by free will do not exist.

Is there free will in the brain?

Neurological studies have provided evidence against the idea of free will. For example, Libet (1985) and Siong Soon (2008) have demonstrated that the brain activity that determines the outcome of simple choices may predate our knowledge of having made such a choice.