compatibilist

Speech parts

1. compatibilist - Noun

2. compatibilist - Adjective

Meaning

compatibilist (comparative more compatibilist, superlative most compatibilist)

(philosophy) Of, pertaining to or supporting compatibilism, the belief that free will and determinism are compatible ideas.

compatibilist (plural compatibilists)

(philosophy) A supporter of compatibilism.

Examples

Quote from citation Compatibilism main Thomas Hobbes was a classical compatibilist. Source: Internet

Other views Some philosophers' views are difficult to categorize as either compatibilist or incompatibilist, hard determinist or libertarian. Source: Internet

More sophisticated analyses of compatibilist free will have been offered, as have other critiques. Source: Internet

To be a compatibilist, one need not endorse any particular conception of free will, but only deny that determinism is at odds with free will. Source: Internet

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