This episode is the second of a three-part series on varieties of libertarianism. In this episode, we talk with Timothy O'Connor about agent causal libertarianism. Tim's website: https://philosophy.indiana.edu/people/oconnor.shtml Tim's book: Persons and Causes: The Metaphysics of Free Will : https://global.oup.com/academic/product/persons-and-causes-9780195153743?cc=ca&lang=en& Tim’s interviews on Closer to Truth : https://www.closertotruth.com/contributor/timothy-oconnor/profile Stanfo...
Jan 25, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This season begins with a three-part series on varieties of libertarianism. In this episode, we talk with Chris Franklin about his version of event-causal libertarianism. Chris's website: https://christopherefranklin.weebly.com/ Chris's book: A Minimal Libertarianism : https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-minimal-libertarianism-9780190682781?cc=us&lang=en&# Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , “Free Will”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ If you have a question you’d li...
Jan 11, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe Season 2 of The Free Will Show. Taylor’s website : taylorwcyr.com Matt’s website : matthewflummer.weebly.com/ If you have a question you’d like us to answer in our Q&A episode, get in touch with us at thefreewillshow@gmail.com , via the show’s website: thefreewillshow.com , or through social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Wi...
Dec 06, 2020•2 min
Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer answer listener questions about the issues and ideas brought up in Season 1 of The Free Will Show. We discussed Neil Levy's book Hard Luck in this episode: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/hard-luck-9780199601387?cc=ca&lang=en& If you have a question you’d like us to answer in a future Q&A episode, get in touch with us at thefreewillshow@gmail.com , via the show’s website: thefreewillshow.com , or through social media: Twitter: https://twitt...
Nov 23, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this episode, Dana Kay Nelkin explains the problem of moral luck, which raises a challenge for all theories of freedom and responsibility. After giving several examples of moral luck, Dana explains some types of response to this challenge. Dana’s website: http://www.danakaynelkin.com/ Dana’s article on Moral Luck in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-luck/ Thomas Nagel's famous paper on moral luck: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4106826?seq=1#metad...
Nov 09, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In this episode, Derk Pereboom explains the manipulation argument—an argument that aims at showing that determinism and free will are incompatible. After walking us through his widely discussed “Four-Case Argument,” Derk summarizes Alfred Mele’s “Zygote Argument” and responds to a variety of objections to manipulation arguments. Derk’s website: http://derk-pereboom.net/ Derk’s Books: Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/free-will-agency-and-meaning-in-l...
Oct 26, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In this episode, Carolina Sartorio explains “Frankfurt cases”—cases that call into question the intuitive idea, sometimes called the principle of alternative possibilities (“PAP” for short), according to which moral responsibility requires alternative possibilities. After talking through one type of objection to Frankfurt cases, Carolina discusses the significance of Frankfurt cases, which she argues extends beyond their role as alleged counterexamples to PAP. Carolina’s Website: http://sartorio...
Oct 12, 2020•43 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In this episode, Alfred Mele explains the problem of luck for libertarianism (the view that we have free will and that free will is incompatible with determinism). Along the way, we discuss different types of libertarian views of free will, as well as Al’s own proposed solution to the problem of luck on behalf of libertarians. Al’s Website: http://myweb.fsu.edu/amele/almele.html Al’s book on this subject: Free Will and Luck : https://global.oup.com/academic/product/free-will-and-luck-97801953743...
Sep 28, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In this episode, Peter van Inwagen explains the consequence argument for incompatibilism. Afterwards, he discusses what he takes to be the problem of freedom and determinism. Peter’s Website: https://philosophy.nd.edu/people/emeritus/peter-van-inwagen/ A collection of Peter’s written work: https://andrewmbailey.com/pvi/ Papers referenced in the episode: "Are We Free to Break the Laws?" by David Lewis https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1755-2567.1981.tb00473.x “A Reconsideration of...
Sep 14, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode, Linda Zagzebski explains the argument from God’s infallible foreknowledge to the conclusion that no one has free will. After discussing several responses to the argument, she then explains why this problem is interesting—whether one is a theist or not. Linda’s website: https://www.ou.edu/cas/philosophy/people/faculty/linda-zagzebski Recommended resources: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , “Foreknowledge and Free Will”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/free-will-foreknowled...
Aug 31, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In this episode, Alicia Finch explains an intriguing argument for logical fatalism—the view that the laws of logic preclude out having free will—as well as four types of response to the argument. Alicia’s website: https://www.aliciafinch.com/ Recommended resources: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , “Fatalism”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fatalism/ If you have a question you’d like us to answer in our Q&A episode, get in touch with us at thefreewillshow@gmail.com , via the show’s w...
Aug 17, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe Season 1 of The Free Will Show. Taylor’s website : taylorwcyr.com Matt’s website : matthewflummer.weebly.com/ If you have a question you’d like us to answer in our Q&A episode, get in touch with us at thefreewillshow@gmail.com , via the show’s website: thefreewillshow.com , or through social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Wi...
Aug 04, 2020•3 min
In this episode, John Martin Fischer explains three potential threats to our having free will in the sense of having the freedom to do otherwise than what we actually do: the threats from logical fatalism, divine foreknowledge, and causal determinism. John ends by giving a teaser for an alternative conception of free will. John Martin Fischer’s website: https://alaw003.wixsite.com/johnmartinfischer Recommended resources: The book that John mentions at the end of the episode is Four Views on Free...
Jul 29, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this episode, cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer present an introduction to the philosophy of free will, including a discussion of differing conceptions of free will, how free will is related to moral responsibility, and why it matters if we have free will. Recommended resources: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , “Free Will”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/ The study by psychologists from Brown University is: “Free Will without Metaphysics” by Andrew Monroe and Bertram Malle...
Jul 28, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In this episode, cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer introduce themselves and this podcast. Along the way they discuss what the discipline of philosophy is and why they’re making this podcast. Taylor’s website: taylorwcyr.com Matt’s website: matthewflummer.weebly.com/ Also, Matt forgot to mention the name of his college: Porterville College If you have a question you’d like us to answer in our Q&A episode, get in touch with us at thefreewillshow@gmail.com , via the show’s website: thefreewil...
Jul 27, 2020•39 min0
