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Can Education Be Deterministic?

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Abstract:   In this paper I argue that in thinking about education and free will we need to distinguish between two kinds of laws that govern any educational phenomenon: laws of nature and laws of culture. The first could be deterministic and hence the question of compatibility of free will and such laws arises. The second is probabilistic and hence the worry about the compatibility of free will and such laws does not arise. Moreover, I argue that thinking about education in the first sense, education could be reduced to physics and neuroscience. For educators, education is understood in the second meaning and hence education could limit free will but never make it impossible.  In this realm the situation of either free will or education cannot exist. I conclude with educational implications.  

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10.21608/ssj.2024.362726

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Keywords: Free will, education, Moral Responsibility- Educational Autonomy, Determinism

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Dr. Abdullah M

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Almutairi

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جامعة

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32

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2

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48639

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2024-04-01

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2024-04-05

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2024-04-26

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53

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69

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1110-7847

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2682-2490

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Can Education Be Deterministic?

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24 Dec 2024