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Dennett and Taylor’s alleged refutation of the Consequence Argument
Daniel C. Dennett has long maintained that the Consequence Argument for incompatibilism is confused. In a joint work with Christopher Taylor, he claims to have shown that the argument is based on a failure to understand Logic 101.
J. Gustafsson
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Molinism and the Consequence Argument
Kenneth J. Perszyk
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An Absurd Consequence of Stanford’s New Induction Over the History of Science: A Reply to Sterpetti [PDF]
In this paper, I respond to Sterpetti’s attempt to defend Kyle P. Stanford’s Problem of Unconceived Alternatives and his New Induction over the History of Science from my reductio argument outlined in Mizrahi :59–68, 2016a).
Mizrahi, Moti
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Constitutive and depictive creativities in philosophy and critical thinking
This paper expounds two types of creativities in philosophy while exploring several influential philosophical views and thought experiments. The two types of creativities include constitutive creativity and depictive creativity.
Huiyuhl Yi
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Rene Girard and the phenomenology of mimetic desire [PDF]
René Girard has been critiqued for failing to ground his theory of mimetic desire in a discursive and philosophically robust framework. In order to meet this objection, I argue that René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire can be successfully motivated by ...
Gregory Moss
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XII—What’s Wrong with the Consequence Argument: A Compatibilist Libertarian Response
The most prominent argument for the incompatibility of free will and determinism is Peter van Inwagen’s consequence argument. I offer a new diagnosis of what is wrong with this argument.
C. List
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On Gauge Invariance of the Bosonic Measure in Chiral Gauge Theories
Gauge invariance of the measure associated with the gauge field is usually taken for granted, in a general gauge theory. We furnish a proof of this invariance, within Fujikawa’s approach.
Gabriel de Lima e Silva +2 more
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In this paper, I appeal to a quantified counterfactual logic in order to argue that van Inwagen's new version of the Consequence Argument, unlike the original version of his argument, is logically valid.
Hausmann Marco
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Adversariality and Argumentation
The concept of adversariality, like that of argument, admits of significant variation. As a consequence, I argue, the question of adversarial argument has not been well understood.
John Casey
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A thoroughly physical view on reality and our common sense view on agency and free will seem to be in a direct conflict with each other: if everything that happens is determined by prior physical events, so too are all our actions and conscious decisions;
Tuomas K. Pernu, Tuomas K. Pernu
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