President's Speaker Series Professor Jay Garfield

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DescriptionDo we have free will, or are our actions all determined by causes? For centuries, this has seemed to be an obvious question to ask for Western philosophers. But this question is not universal, and does not even exist in the Buddhist traditions rooted in India. So maybe better questions to ask are, "Does the question about the freedom of the will even make sense? What do you need to presuppose in order to ask it?" Using the Buddhist tradition as a touchstone, Professor Garfield explored these questions, and think about how to understand human agency without worrying about the freedom and determinism. CreatorYale-NUS CollegeDate02-APR-2014FormatVideoContributorJay GarfieldLanguageEnglishLength01:13:37EventPresident's Speaker SeriesPublisherYale-NUS CollegeLocationSingapore

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VI00574_Presidents Speaker Series Professor Jay Garfield.mp4