Truman Show

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Truman Show
If Truman was Scientific Determinist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: No, my actions weren’t free. All of my actions were caused by something, like how I got my job was caused by people near me, their decisions were caused by director’s decision which was also caused by urge to make the show famous which was caused by greed for money and on and on.
Interviewer: Then does actions in outer world free?
Truman: Again my answer is no, free will happens when the action didn’t have any cause. But according to Universal causation every event must have a cause which led to such event. Every part of our life was to happen because it was cause by some other cause.
Interviewer: So you believe in universal causation?
Truman: Absolutely, it makes sense all our actions were caused by something else that also had some other cause. Well I wont say free will don’t exist.
Interviewer: Oh than what is definition of free will?
Truman: Free will is an action that wasn’t caused by something else, an action that can happened without a cause is a free will.
Interviewer: But according your previous statements isn’t it possible
Truman: Who knows? Theoretically it’s impossible but I don’t think it doesn’t exist
Interviewer: Thank you for being with us Mr. Truman, I hope to see you soon
Truman: It was my pleasure





If Truman was a Simple Indeterminist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes, I was free why do you even ask that?
Interviewer: Well how do you know your free? Don’t you think that events happened by some other thing causing it?
Truman: Not at all, when I raised my arm or stretched it was me who did it, there wasn’t any director to tell me that I should now stretch. Not every event is necessarily caused by something.
Interviewer: So you deny universal causation?
Truman: Yes, we are free and not every event is caused by something else. There are events that happen due to some other factor acting up but simple things aren’t caused by something else.
Interviewer: But even the simple things are caused by something too. You stretched because maybe you slept in an uncomfortable place and just woke up.
Truman: In my case I think our free will is too simple and outright for any complicated scientific theories to actually take part.
Interviewer: Well it was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Truman
Truman: Well I am glad








If Truman was compatibilist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes, I think I was free, since after all my actions were all performed by me right?
Interviewer: But
Truman: can you raise your hand please
(Interviewer raise his hand)
Truman: Well did you freely raise your hand?
Interviewer: yes but you told me to raise my hand
Truman: however don’t forget the fact that it was you who raised your hand
Interviewer: But you caused me to raise my hand
Truman: Really? Or was it inner part of you that decided to raise your hand. To put it simple you freely decided to raise your hand
Interviewer: Well you can say that
Truman: See? Free will isn’t all that complex.
Interviewer: But your denying universal causation
Truman: No, in fact I am a supporter of UC, but my definition of free will is that we are free if our action rose from the inside. If we decided to do things by thinking than we are free.
Interviewer: Well I am not sure but anyway thank you for coming
Truman: my pleasure




If Truman was an Agency Theorist
Interviewer: Hello Mr. Truman how are you?
Truman: I am fine
Interviewer: Mr. Truman I want to ask you a simple question. Since now you are out in the world, when you were inside the manmade island do you think your actions were free?
Truman: Yes I was free, remember when the director tried convincing me directly not to leave?
Interviewer: yes I do recall that
Truman: I had the choice to leave the island or go back to the island.
Interviewer: But something did caused it? Didn’t it?
Truman: I am neutral toward universal causation but it was me who was deciding, it was me who decided what to do next.
Interviewer: But still something should have caused it
Truman: something did cause it, I did
Interviewer: well if you say so
Truman: Think, many things are caused by something else, and usually that something else is an intelligent being or agent that causes change. In my case I was the agent that made change.
Interviewer: Okay it was a pleasure talking to you Mr. Truman
Truman: Thank you to you too