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Psychic determinism: Leibniz and Freud |
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| Authors: | A. Gombay |
| Affiliation: | Department of Philosophy , University of Toronto , Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1, Canada |
| Abstract: | You ask me to say a number, any number, and I say ‘127’. Have I answered freely? “Of course”, says Hume: no‐one compelled me—the fact that my choice was necessitated is irrelevant. “Yes”, says Leibniz: my choice was not necessitated—the fact that it was determined ( = ‘inclined') is not enough to make it unfree. “No”, says Freud: my choice was determined—the fact that it was not necessitated is not enough to make it free. The paper examines the interplay between these answers. |
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