Determinism vs. Phenomenology

Sam Altman, Hume, Heidegger, and The Problem of Causality

This post is a reflection on the impasse between a deterministic view of the self and a phenomenological (or agency-rooted) one. My belief is that neither view can be proven or refuted. Rather, both are belief systems to which one can convert. Historically speaking, it’s difficult to tell whether determinism or agency is the older view. But the abstract…