- Predetermined path vs. lack of predetermined path
- Brain dynamics and cognition as either deterministic or nonlinear/chaotic
- Small perturbations leading to unpredictable effects vs. singular unfolding of predetermined events
- Abstract deterministic model vs. first-person subjective experience
- Branching possibilities and alternate realities vs. single deterministic timeline
- Cosmological speculation about indeterminism vs. deterministic physics
- Inner experience of unpredictable thought/chaotic experience vs. determinism