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In these scenes, we see a father’s attempt, clumsily yet movingly, to liberate his son from an overly determinist view of race and class.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2022

This section considers the soft determinist position, in which, as long as the moral agent did not face internal constraints concerning the choice at hand, the action could be free.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

As always, there’s a risk of being a technological determinist here: to assume that Facebook’s algorithms are more powerful they are, or operate in a vacuum.

From The Verge • Sep. 23, 2021

One needn’t be a Calvinist, or one of their theological descendants, a scientific determinist, to appreciate a good coincidence.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2021

I doubt if the most iron-clad determinist among you could have the slightest glimmer of light on this point.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William