How to philosophize about human mind?

Authors

  • Jaroslav Peregrin Filozofická fakulta Univerzita Hradec Králové

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26806/fd.v13i1.323

Abstract

In his new book Petr Dvořák argues that freedom of will exists, and hence we must accept some form of indeterminism; and he presents a proposal of the corresponding conceptual framework. In contrast to this, I am convinced that though the freedom of will does exist, we should not abandon determinism; therefore I subscribe to a form of compatibilism. However, my version of compatibilism does not claim that freedom could be squeezed into the deterministic framework. I think that the solution consists in admitting that describing reality we do not make do with a single conceptual framework – specifically that a human individual can be seen as an organism (via the deterministic and physicalistic framework), but also as a person (via a framework that is “fraught with ought”).

Author Biography

Jaroslav Peregrin, Filozofická fakulta Univerzita Hradec Králové

Prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Peregrin, CSc., vystudoval matematiku, před rokem 1989 pracoval jako programátor. Působí ve Filosofickém ústavu Akademie věd ČR a přednáší na Filozofické fakultě Univerzity Hradec Králové a Filozofické fakultě UK v Praze. Kromě logiky se zabývá hlavně filozofií jazyka, sémantikou a analytickou filozofií. Do češtiny přeložil několik prací předních analytických filozofů. Kromě řady studií publikovaných v odborných časopisech napsal mj. knihy Úvod do analytické filosofie (1992), Doing Worlds with Words (1995), Meaning and Structure (2001), Filosofie a jazyk (2003), Kapitoly z analytické filosofie (2005), Filozofie pro normální lidi (2008).

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Published

2021-06-11

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021): Philosophy Today

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