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Is freedom in existentialism compatible with determinism. Or does it simply refer to the subjective experience of deciding amongst a variety of possibilities

Alanski88
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  • Sorry I meant to say that the subjective experience is no more than just that. There is no true freedom as the previous occurring events have determined a definite outcome irrelevant to the subjective experience of freedom – Alanski88 Jul 25 '18 at 07:21
  • There are many philosophies that have been labeled existentialist. Which philosophers' views are you referring to when you say existentialism? This helps provide a context for the question which limits it in some way so a brief answer that is reasonably objective can be provided in some way. Welcome! – Frank Hubeny Jul 25 '18 at 11:04
  • What do you mean "true freedom?" What would it look like if it existed? How would it be different from what I seem to be walking around in? –  Jul 25 '18 at 17:24
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    Yes, according to Sartre and his source, Nietzsche. Possible duplicate of Existentialism and the absensce of free will – Conifold Jul 25 '18 at 18:03
  • ?Nietzsche, a source for Sartre? – sand1 Jul 25 '18 at 20:49
  • Sartre does not assert that there is no determinism "out there" in the universe. The universe and its causalities are given to us as facticity and its contingencies. But he claims that consciousness defines itself as what is not facticity or Being (separates from it by nothingness or rejection). This is what his frredom is about. Consciousness is obliged to determine itself because it cannor be determined by the universe, being split off from it. – ttnphns Jul 29 '18 at 09:44

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