Idorenyin F. Esikot
Abstract
The idea of scientific determinism presupposes a regular pattern, an order that physical events
follow by which predictions can be easily made. Popper calls it a “closed system” because of nature’s rigidity. Man being a part of nature is enclosed in this “clock-work” system with its rigid rules and procedures. The dilemma that stares us in the face and which necessitated this work is how we can reconcile man’s freewill especially in the area of morality with a universe that appears determinate; hence this paper is an attempt to present the determinist argument against freewill in order to ascertain its plausibility in the light of new development in science.
Keywords––Determinism, Freewill, Man, Re-Appraisal, Repudiation.
