A brain's development also follows certain laws, we just don't know them yet. So if we follow through with Determinism, then the brain itself is the result of a long chain of events, which themselves were also 'pre'-determined. In the world of Determinism everything, bar random quantum events, was pretty much determined to happen from the moment the universe started its existence. This is, however, not the same as the concept of destiny.
And no, no "any human being" will not do the same thing under the same circumstances as not all humans are identical.
Food for thought:
If you were to take 100 identical feti (clones) and let them mature under laboratory conditions and each foetus and later child were to receive the exact same stimuli at the exact same time, then I'm fairly sure their brain structure would also be identical. Their decisions, if placed in identical situations should therefore also be identical.
I think this whole argument is flawed. Saying brain development follows certain laws but we don't know them is dumb. That's like saying anything about anything and then just saying we just don't know how to prove it yet...
What Determinism does is extrapolate empirical data to a generalised concept. We know that all observed processes follow certain laws and principles, as such any combination of these processes would also follow these same principles and laws. Therefore, assuming, that the brain consists of the same stuff as the rest of the world it must in its entirety (including its development) follow the same laws and principles and would be, if those laws and principle were known, be predictable.
Of course as is always the case in philosophy there are many different variations of Determinism.
My personal opinion on pretty much all philosophy is: "If I cannot prove it and I cannot use it, what's the ****ing point? There are a few interesting concepts though."
Personally I think that Determinism makes more sense than spiritualism or any of the religions at least ^^
Do you believe in free will?
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A brain's development also follows certain laws, we just don't know them yet. So if we follow through with Determinism, then the brain itself is the result of a long chain of events, which themselves were also 'pre'-determined. In the world of Determinism everything, bar random quantum events, was pretty much determined to happen from the moment the universe started its existence. This is, however, not the same as the concept of destiny.
And no, no "any human being" will not do the same thing under the same circumstances as not all humans are identical.
Food for thought:
If you were to take 100 identical feti (clones) and let them mature under laboratory conditions and each foetus and later child were to receive the exact same stimuli at the exact same time, then I'm fairly sure their brain structure would also be identical. Their decisions, if placed in identical situations should therefore also be identical.
This would make for an interesting experiment.
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I think this whole argument is flawed. Saying brain development follows certain laws but we don't know them is dumb. That's like saying anything about anything and then just saying we just don't know how to prove it yet...
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What Determinism does is extrapolate empirical data to a generalised concept. We know that all observed processes follow certain laws and principles, as such any combination of these processes would also follow these same principles and laws. Therefore, assuming, that the brain consists of the same stuff as the rest of the world it must in its entirety (including its development) follow the same laws and principles and would be, if those laws and principle were known, be predictable.
Of course as is always the case in philosophy there are many different variations of Determinism.
My personal opinion on pretty much all philosophy is: "If I cannot prove it and I cannot use it, what's the ****ing point? There are a few interesting concepts though."
Personally I think that Determinism makes more sense than spiritualism or any of the religions at least ^^