The mind argument and libertarianism

Mind 107 (427):515-28 (1998)
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Abstract

Many critics of libertarian freedom have charged that freedom is incompatible with indeterminism. We show that the strongest argument that has been provided for this claim is invalid. The invalidity of the argument in question, however, implies the invalidity of the standard Consequence argument for the incompatibility of freedom and determinism. We show how to repair the Consequence argument and argue that no similar improvement will revive the worry about the compatibility of indeterminism and freedom.

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Alicia Finch
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Ted Warfield
University of Notre Dame

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