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Indeterminism In Kane’S Event-Causal Libertarianism, Robert J. Nowell
Indeterminism In Kane’S Event-Causal Libertarianism, Robert J. Nowell
Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee
In this paper, I examine the plausibility of event-causal libertarianism, a prominent view on free will which regards indeterminism in the causal history of a decision as necessary for an agent’s moral responsibility for a subsequent action. Specifically, I investigate how Robert Kane’s event-causal libertarian account fares in light of Derk Pereboom’s powerful “disappearing agent” objection, in addition to criticisms of my own. Kane concludes that Pereboom’s objection is ineffective against his account. I argue against Kane’s conclusion by highlighting a dilemma which results from Kane's response to the disappearing agent objection; either way Kane’s position is interpreted, his account …
Allowing For Every Contingency, Raam P. Gokhale
Allowing For Every Contingency, Raam P. Gokhale
Raam P Gokhale
A Dialogue on Determinism, Contingency and Free Will