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The Consequence Argument Disarmed

2017
This chapter scrutinizes the Consequence Argument for the incompatibility of free will and determinism within an interventionist causal-modelling framework. Traditional discussions of the argument presuppose that causal reasoning concerns the temporal evolution of total states of the universe.
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A timid response to the consequence argument

Philosophical Issues, 2023
AbstractIn this paper, I challenge the Consequence Argument for Incompatibilism by arguing that the inference principle it relies upon is not well motivated. The sorts of non‐question‐begging instances that might be offered in support of it fall short.
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THE SIMPLE ARGUMENT FOR SUBCLASSICAL LOGIC

Philosophical Issues, 2018
This paper presents a simple but, by my lights, effective argument for a subclassical account of logic—an account according to which logical consequence is (properly) weaker than the standard, so-called classical account. Alas, the vast bulk of the paper
J. Beall
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Spinoza’s Conatus Argument

Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018
This essay contends that Spinoza’s argument for the conatus doctrine does not commit any of the five fallacies of equivocation. The key to a better understanding of his argument lies in a Spinoza’s “theory of inherence”—that is, his theory of what it is ...
Don Garrett
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‘Everyone’, consequences, and generalization arguments

Inquiry, 1967
This paper addresses issues raised by recent discussion in normative ethics which concern relations between properties of individual actions and of certain groups of actions. First, an ambiguity common to ‘everyone can’ and ‘everyone ought’ is examined.
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Arguing about desirable consequences: What constitutes a convincing argument?

Thinking & Reasoning, 2012
Argument quality has consistently been shown to have strong and lasting persuasive effects. The question is what criteria people use to distinguish strong from weak arguments and how these criteria relate to the ones proposed in normative argumentation theory.
Hoeken, H., Timmers, R.H.M., Schellens, P.J., Schellens, P.J.   +3 more
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AGROCHEMICAL PARADIGM: ARGUMENTS AND CONSEQUENCES

EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA
The article based on the analysis of the arguments of representatives of the agrochemical paradigm of agriculture shows that these arguments do not meet the criterion of Leibniz. In the form of expression, these arguments are close to the techniques of participants in eristic discussions.
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Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022
Jun J Mao,, Msce, Lorenzo Cohen, Karen M Mustian   +2 more
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Peter van Inwagen on the Consequence Argument

Abstract In this chapter, Taylor Cyr and Matthew Flummer talk with Peter van Inwagen about the Consequence Argument for incompatibilism about free will and determinism. Next, they discuss the Mind Argument (for incompatibilism about free will and indeterminism) and the Replay Argument.
Taylor W. Cyr, Matthew T. Flummer
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The Consequence Argument

, 2016
J. Campbell
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