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Hard Determinism In this paper, I will argue that hard determinism is the only viable position with respect to the free will and determinism debate. I will consider W.T. Stace's objection concerning the semantic problem, which is explaining what the real sense of the word" free will" means, and the objection raised by the libertarians, which is how can a person want things and the wanting just comes up out of nowhere, but ultimately …

…viable position. I have considered W.T. Stace's objection about the semantic problem, I have also considered the libertarian's objection that the self provides the action of free will, throughout the paper, hard determinism has been able to show that given the antecedent conditions and laws of nature, it is not possible for any event not to have occurred, as a result hard determinism has been able to anticipate and defend against the objections presented.