Does Kierkegaard Believe in Free Will?

Kierkegaard thought that our freedom is itself a big nothing. He describes it as a yawning chasm at the heart of human existence, which has to be filled with decisions and actions. ... This makes us very contrary creatures: we think we want to be free of all constraint, but at the same time this freedom terrifies us.

What did Kierkegaard believe?

Kierkegaard believed that everyone would die but also that everyone had an immortal self, or soul, that would go on forever. Boredom and anxiety can be alleviated in various ways, but the only way to escape despair is to have total faith in God.

Did Kierkegaard believe in determinism?

Kierkegaard's two sides

Rejecting both German macro determinism and Kantian intellectualism, he provided new insights into human choice action and the foundation of human decisions in volitions and emotions.