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The Swerve And The Rejection of Determinism.

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2. Key Citations - The Swerve - Its Nature And Effects
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  - January 23, 2021 at 9:19 AM
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2. Starting Discussion of "Free Will" 18
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2. What's the Difference Between Chance and Fate to an Epicurean? 12
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2. Please Post Threads About The Swerve's Relationship to Free Will At the Location Linked Below....
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2. On Free Will And Its Mockers 3
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2. Free Will And The Stoics 1
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2. On Terminology In Discussing "Free Will"
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  - July 10, 2019 at 9:16 AM
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2. Free Will and the Recognition of Pleasure, or the Role of Desire 9
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  - April 19, 2020 at 8:53 AM
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2. Sedley: "Epicurus' Refutation of Determinism" 4
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2. Graphic - Arch-Enemy of Determinism and Skepticism 2
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  - June 5, 2020 at 9:11 AM
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2. Big Think Video on Free Will
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2. Pierre-Marie Morel - "The Epicurean 'Up To Us' - Not To Be Proved"
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2. Free Will Again 11
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2. Analysis of Video By Sabine Hossenfelder ("You Don't Have Free Will But Don't Worry") 14
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  - July 30, 2021 at 7:20 AM
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2. Thoughts about Humean Compatibilism 4
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  - January 28, 2022 at 6:01 PM
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2. The Atomic Billiard Board, or: Understanding the Swerve to Mechanistic Determinism 7
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  - November 11, 2022 at 3:06 PM
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2. An Anti-Stoic Analysis Of Free Will That May (Or May Not) Be Helpful To Us 4
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  - September 15, 2021 at 10:00 PM
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2. Can Determinism Be Reconciled With Epicureanism? (Admin Edit - No, But Let's Talk About Why Not) 101
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2. Reference to Epicurus' Views On Determinism in Cicero's "On Fate"
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2. Subjectivity And Freedom To Find Pleasure In Various Things 3
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  - May 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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2. How Would Epicurus Analyze The Slogan "Live Free Or Die" As An Ethical Guide? 6
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2. what did epicurean actually mean by free will ? i think the article on the main page is confusing determinism with fatalism 8
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2. Determinism & Chaos Theory 8
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2. The Existence Of The Swerve Does Not Mean That "Anything Is Possible"
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  - December 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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2. Cicero Rejects The Swerve But In The End Sides More With Epicurus Than With The Stoics As To "Fate"
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  - December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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2. "And With These We Especially Do Battle, And Rebuke Them, As Well As Hating Them For A Disposition Which Follows Their Disordered Congenital Nature...." 2
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2. Do some people still believe in fate?
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Starting Discussion of "Free Will" 18

What's the Difference Between Chance and Fate to an Epicurean? 12

On Free Will And Its Mockers 3

Free Will And The Stoics 1

Free Will and the Recognition of Pleasure, or the Role of Desire 9

Sedley: "Epicurus' Refutation of Determinism" 4

Graphic - Arch-Enemy of Determinism and Skepticism 2

Free Will Again 11

Analysis of Video By Sabine Hossenfelder ("You Don't Have Free Will But Don't Worry") 14

Thoughts about Humean Compatibilism 4

The Atomic Billiard Board, or: Understanding the Swerve to Mechanistic Determinism 7

An Anti-Stoic Analysis Of Free Will That May (Or May Not) Be Helpful To Us 4

Can Determinism Be Reconciled With Epicureanism? (Admin Edit - No, But Let's Talk About Why Not) 101

Subjectivity And Freedom To Find Pleasure In Various Things 3

How Would Epicurus Analyze The Slogan "Live Free Or Die" As An Ethical Guide? 6

what did epicurean actually mean by free will ? i think the article on the main page is confusing determinism with fatalism 8

Determinism & Chaos Theory 8

"And With These We Especially Do Battle, And Rebuke Them, As Well As Hating Them For A Disposition Which Follows Their Disordered Congenital Nature...." 2

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