The Contradiction of "the Contradiction of Determinism"

Abstract

Nathaniel branden has argued that since determinism precludes the freedom to test and reject false beliefs, it precludes knowledge that any of one's beliefs, including determinism, are true. i show that since such freedom does not exist anyway, if branden's argument is true, then knowledge is impossible, in which case, so is knowledge of the truth of branden's argument. i conclude that, far from determinism being self-refuting, it is branden's argument against determinism which is self-refuting.