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Free Will at the 2013 Pacific APA
If you haven't made your travel plans yet, try to get to the Pacific APA early this year because there is a terrific session on free will with papers by me, Chris Franklin, and Alex Grzankowski and commentaries by Michael Robinson, Rebekah Rice, and Mark Balaguer. BUT it starts 9am... Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2013 at Flickers of Freedom
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Science, Libertarianism, and "Able"
There is a sense of "able" that applies to scientific experimentors: one must be able to duplicate an experiment in other situations; experiments must be reproducible. This sense of "able" would not pass libertarian muster, for holding fixed the propositions about the past and the laws of nature is not... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at Flickers of Freedom
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Origination and Moral Responsibility
Suppose there are two people: A & B. They are mean to each other. A treats B with a lack of respect which causes B to yell at A which causes A to treat B with a lack of respect, etc. It isn't clear when this began, whether it began... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2012 at Flickers of Freedom
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Sam Harris, Free Will
I've been listening to Sam Harris' FREE WILL on my iPod. One line of argument is a standard constructive dilemma similar to Strawson's basic argument. If determinism is true, we don't have free will; indeterminism can't help, for that is just randomness. Therefore, we don't have free will. But there... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2012 at Flickers of Freedom
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Bioethics position
We need someone who can teach bioethics, ethics, and intro to philosophy for a year. If you're interested, contact me (josephc@wsu.edu). Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2012 at Flickers of Freedom
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APA Commentary
If anyone is interested in commenting on a paper on blame at the 2012 Pacific APA, contact me offlist. Can't be on the main program already! Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2012 at Flickers of Freedom
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Question
Does anyone know why Widerker (2002, 316) calls the following assumption "IVD"? "If determinism is true, then no agent could have avoided acting as he did ..." Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2012 at Flickers of Freedom
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2012 Conferences
The 2012 INPC is on Pragmatism, Law, & Language and will be held March 23-25 in Moscow ID. Any free will conferences that anyone knows about in Spring 2012, especially on the east coast? I still have some extra travel money! Continue reading
Posted Dec 27, 2011 at Flickers of Freedom
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Baker on van Inwagen's Revised Consequence Argument
WARNING: Logic ahead! Lot’s of folks have commented on van Inwagen’s “Free Will Remains a Mystery” (2000; Kane 2002) but most of the commentaries are about part 2: the rollback (or Mind or luck) argument against the libertarian agency theory. Almost nothing has been written about part 1, his revised... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2011 at Flickers of Freedom
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Pacific APA
Anyone interested in chairing at the Pacific APA in April 2011 (San Diego), please contact me asap: josephc@wsu.edu Continue reading
Posted Dec 4, 2010 at Flickers of Freedom
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Reply to van Inwagen's 2nd Argument
Recently, two people (Ish Haji and Andrew Bailey) reminded me that my reply to van Inwagen's 1st and 3rd arguments does not work against van Inwagen's 2nd argument. For those who don't know, here is a brief version of my reply to the 1st and 3rd argument: “Incompatibilism holds that... Continue reading
Posted Nov 5, 2010 at Flickers of Freedom
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Classical Compatibilism
Fellow Fans of Free Will, I organized an invited session on Classical Compatibilism for the 2010 Pacific APA. Unfortunately there is a boycott of the conference hotel – not a strike, but a boycott – and we decided to move to the 2010 Off-Site Pacific Meeting, at the University of... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2010 at Flickers of Freedom
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I'm still struggling through the paper, reply, and response but Bob's comment reminded me of a question that I wanted to ask Mark wrt L-freedom.
How does this concept solve the problem of luck other than defining it away? Suppose I give this definition: a person is C-free iff all of her decisions are (a) causally determined and (b) the determinacy here generates, or procures, or enhances, or increases, the up-to-usness of the agent's actions. That doesn't solve the problem of free will and determinism, does it?
Commented Jun 10, 2009 on The Garden Reading Group - Comment Now Open at >-- The Garden of Forking Paths --<
The Garden Reading Group - Comment Now Open
I hope you've all had the opportunity to read Mark's paper by now (if not, it is available here) and are bursting with thoughts about it. Now's your opportunity. But wait, there's more.... My commentary on the paper is here. Mark's response to my comments is here. Thanks to Mark for correctin...
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