B. J. Garrett’s scientific contributions

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Publications (1)


An Essay on Free Will
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April 1984

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327 Citations

The Philosophical Quarterly

B. J. Garrett

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Peter Van Inwagen

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... Those who believe free will and moral responsibility are compatible with a deterministic universe (compatibilists) typically define free will as the ability to perform actions on the basis of rational deliberation in the absence of coercion, while those who believe the truth of determinism precludes moral responsibility (incompatibilists) typically define free will as requiring two or more options for action even holding constant past events (also called libertarian free will;Haggard et al., 2015). 1In philosophical theorizing, incompatibilists argue that the kind of free will people feel they have allows alternative possibilities for action, and without alternative possibilities, people cannot be fully responsible for their actions (e.g., vanInwagen, 1983;Pereboom, 2006). In contrast, compatibilists argue that their more lenient version of free will is sufficient for moral responsibility (e.g.,Dennett, 2004;Frankfurt, 1969;Wolf, 1990). ...

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Forget the Folk: Conditions for Compatibilism
An Essay on Free Will
  • Citing Article
  • April 1984

The Philosophical Quarterly