<p>Using the game of roulette as an analogy to explain the unpredictability of certain events, the text explores the interplay between formal reasoning and philosophical concepts of determinism, indeterminism, and chance. In this scope the author analyzes the role of determinism in science and technology and an explanation to the fact of why humans choose determinism over indeterminism in their belief systems. Later, the text studies the limits of human logical reasoning, concluding that making a complete prediction is impossible. It also explores the idea about the existence of a superior being, such as God, who could foresee all events, and the potential of future technology (AI) to achieve such foresight. Moreover, the author wonders whether the whole problem of causation could be an antinomy. Finally, the author concludes that chance is more epistemological than ontological. However, humans align with determinism to avoid the existential discomfort of logical uncertainty because the ultimate mastery of infinite variables remains beyond human reach.</p>

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Philosophical Reflections: Chance, Determinism and Indeterminism

  • Luis Mazas Niznik

摘要

Using the game of roulette as an analogy to explain the unpredictability of certain events, the text explores the interplay between formal reasoning and philosophical concepts of determinism, indeterminism, and chance. In this scope the author analyzes the role of determinism in science and technology and an explanation to the fact of why humans choose determinism over indeterminism in their belief systems. Later, the text studies the limits of human logical reasoning, concluding that making a complete prediction is impossible. It also explores the idea about the existence of a superior being, such as God, who could foresee all events, and the potential of future technology (AI) to achieve such foresight. Moreover, the author wonders whether the whole problem of causation could be an antinomy. Finally, the author concludes that chance is more epistemological than ontological. However, humans align with determinism to avoid the existential discomfort of logical uncertainty because the ultimate mastery of infinite variables remains beyond human reach.