Democritus / 德谟克利特
Democritus appears in EP256 AI时代，“自由意志”还存在吗？ as the ancient atomist example behind one early pressure on [[FreeWill|free will]]. [[TuMotuo|土摩托]] uses the atomist picture to explain why a world made of basic units obeying fixed laws can look like a fully determined world.
In this source, Democritus is not profiled as a full philosopher. He is the entry point into Causal Determinism / 因果决定论, where human choice can appear to dissolve into earlier material causes.
Connections
- Free Will / 自由意志 - problem his atomism helps stage in the episode.
- Causal Determinism / 因果决定论 - concept linked to atomistic lawfulness.
- Chrysippus / 克律西波斯 and Laplace’s Demon / 拉普拉斯妖 - later causal-chain and predictability examples in the same source.