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It is implied that there is no will, or agency, if all our decisions are made for us by previous events.
If determinism states that something caused us to do what we did, that would mean something other than ourselves is responsible for our actions
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There are multiple definitions of and schools of thought on determinism, and you are focusing on only
one and concluding that all are incompatible with Lessans.
That's fallacious and unsound reasoning, and irrational argumentation.
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They can change "the state of affairs" as new experiences and information come in. That's why the standard definition is not adequate because it implies there is no going off the fixed course that has been set for us since we were born.
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Is this, or is this not a standard definition?
Determinism: The philosophical doctrine that every state of affairs, including every human event, act, and decision is the inevitable consequence of antecedent states of affairs.
This definitions allows for going off the fixed course because the state of affairs are in a constant state of flux.