C331Mind and metaphysics
Ibn Arabi’s relation between divine determination, human capacities and responsibility gives agency a theological depth that cannot be reduced to a random choice mechanism. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C332Mind and metaphysics
Leibniz’s monads have internal principles of change, making their activity more than passive reception of external pushes. SMM/DTT similarly wants generated beings to exhibit organized action despite dependence on one source. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C333Mind and metaphysics
Spinoza treats freedom through understanding and activity within necessity, rather than an uncaused interruption of nature. This is a valuable comparator for SMM/DTT because dependence on one source need not eliminate the distinction between acting through one’s organized capacities and being passively driven. A worked example clarifies the distinction and its implications for SMM/DTT’s account of generation and completed observation.
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C334Mind and metaphysics
Neutral monism changes the proposed basis of mind and matter, but does not automatically resolve freedom. A neutral event system can be deterministic or indeterministic, and neither property alone tells us whether a person controls an action. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C335Mind and metaphysics
IIT concerns intrinsic causal organization and a proposed identity with experience; it is not by itself a theory of moral responsibility or free choice. The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C336Mind and metaphysics
Cosmopsychism raises a distinctive agency problem: if local minds depend on one experiential whole, in what sense are their actions their own? The comparison develops this distinction through a worked example and explains its implications for SMM/DTT’s nested generation, completed records and account of the observable world.
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C386Connections across theories
Temporal becoming creates room for new events, but freedom concerns the relation between an event and an agent’s control. This essay compares source-generated action with reasons-responsive agency and indeterministic choice, using concrete counterfactual examples to show why neither determinism nor randomness alone decides the question of free will.
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