Compatibilism Free Quotes & Sayings

History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang. — R. Scott Bakker

Habitus, then, is a kind of compatibilism. As a social being acting in the world, I'm not an unconstrained "free" creature "without inertia"; neither am I the passive victim of external causes and determining forces. Neither mechanical determinism nor libertarian freedom can really make sense of our being-in-the-world because our freedom is both "conditioned and conditional." Both our perception and our action are conditioned, but as conditioned, it is possible for both to be spontaneous and improvisational. I learn how to constitute my world from others, but I learn how to constitute my world. The "I" that perceives is always already a "we." My — James K.A. Smith

Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts. — George Santayana

Turkish authorities replied with a simple message: You stole the statue - we're keeping our foot. — Dan Brown

Now, her bedside table had been pulled into the middle of the room to be used as a desk for these proceedings, and the supervisor sat behind it. — Franz Kafka

From my point of view, compatibilism is a little like saying: a puppet is free so long as it loves its strings. — Sam Harris

Nature is neutral. — Adlai E. Stevenson