2017/03/04 by Ian T. Durham, Durham, Ian T.
Arts and Humanities · Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Free Will and Agency #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Theology and Philosophy of Evil
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1703.01516
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According to quantum theory, randomness is a fundamental property of the universe yet classical physics is mostly deterministic. In this article I show that it is possible for deterministic systems to arise from random ones and discuss the implications of this for the concept of free will.