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Is compatibilism the only plausible answer to the problem of free will?


Compatibilism: What Do You Mean By That? - Free Thinking Ministries

“Whatever you do, do not use 'compatibilism' as a name for the thesis that moral responsibility is compatible with determinism. This can only ...

A Manipulation Argument against Compatibilism - Oxford Academic

There are a number of alternative anti-compatibilist strategies that have been developed, but I believe that the manipulation argument is the one that proves ...

Sam Harris Has Nothing Useful to Say About Free Will (UNLOCKED)

... question—regardless of how you answer the second one. Sometimes you ... It's certainly not anything like what the most plausible compatibilist ...

The Folk Psychology of Free Will: An Argument Against Compatibilism

Before I attempt to answer this question, I would also point out that there is another possible reply to the incompatibilist argument. Because of the various ...

I'm really struggling to comprehend soft determinism/compatibilism ...

Well, if "determinism" is defined as "the opposite of free will" or "whatever takes away free will", then they are definitely incompatible, ...

An Argument For Compatibilism - Specter of Reason

Free will is just as compatible with determinism as it is with indeterminism. The issue, then, is not whether we make choices, but whether we do ...

Trouble with Compatibilism - The Philosophers' Cocoon - TypePad

On my account, genuine libertarian free will is entirely *compatible* with the appearance of complete physical causal closure. The appearance of ...

Forget the Folk: Moral Responsibility Preservation Motives and ...

Whereas compatibilists argue that their more lenient version of free will is sufficient for moral responsibility (e.g., Frankfurt, 1969; Wolf, 1990; Dennett, ...

Why Compatibilism's Theodicy Fails - Soteriology 101

... compatibilism” (a view most often held to by Calvinistic believers). This view claims that one can affirm free will (as they define it) and ...

(PDF) Is hard determinism a form of compatibilism? - ResearchGate

In this paper, I will argue that hard determinism turns out to be a form of compatibilism, and therefore, compatibilism is the only remaining ...

Incompatibilism - Wikipedia

The term compatibilism was coined (also by Lehrer) to name the view that the classical free will thesis is logically compatible with determinism, i.e. it is ...

Understanding Moral Responsibility within the Context of the Free ...

Compatibilists hold free will to be compatible with the truth of causal determinism. Incompatibilists believe that free will is not possible if causal ...

Rebel Without a Cause – Reconstructing Free Will in Bergson

... only need to come out true in a plausible semantic theory of counterfactuals. ... The compatibilist will reply that such remote possible worlds are irrelevant ...

Why does determinism rule out free will? - The Philosophy Forum

If they had the ability to do something else then the world in question isn't deterministic. You can't simply rename the ideas and say "There, ...

The Problem of Free Will: Determinism vs - Course Sidekick

Does freedom require that it is possible for you to act otherwise than you actually do? The compatibilists answer is no. They think that, instead, freedom ...

Have Compatibilists Solved the Luck Problem for Libertarians?*

co‑opt plausible compatibilist solutions to the Luck Problem. Page 17. HAVe ... Whatever a libertarian's response to this question is, it will go beyond anything ...

Frankfurt's compatibilist theory of free will

The view that free will is compatible with determinism is called compatibilism. Harry Frankfurt is a prominent defender of a compatibilist view of free will.

Manipulation and Hard Compatibilism - ScholarWorks@GSU

... matter), I will argue that (iii) provides the compatibilist a plausible response to the manipulation argument, as hard compatibilism (of ...

Why It Matters That You Could Not Have Done Otherwise

Compatibilism says that determinism and choice are…well, compatibile. But if we simply look at a previous decision that we made, then we see ...

Causes, Laws, and Free Will: Why Determinism Doesn't Matter

The metaphysical compatibilist answers 'yes' to the first two questions. The common sense compatibilist answers 'yes' to all three questions ...