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Woluntaryzm w ujeciu Gottfrieda Wilhelma Leibniza i Samuela Clarke'a

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2011
The article concerns the metaphysical problem of divine will as it is discussed in the Leibniz-Clarke correspondence. Its essence can be expressed in the following question: in which way the determinism developed by Leibniz goes along with his doctrine ...
Daniel Bubula
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On Topological Issues of Indeterminism [PDF]

Erkenntnis, 2013
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Placek, T., Belnap, N., Kishida, K.
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The Reality of Contingency: Implications for Crisis Management

Risk, Hazards &Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2025.
ABSTRACT We live in a time of overwhelming uncertainty. Whether it is the consequences of the 2025 global trade war, the war in Ukraine, the outbreak of new pandemics, the validity of knowledge, or the possible extinction of humans as a species, the power of contingency has never been so profound.
Simon Hollis, Magnus Ekengren
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Elements of a Theory of Nonphysical Agents in the Physical World

Organon F, 2019
This paper shows that there is a quantum-physical and evolution-biological perspective for (libertarian) free will, and that the so-called scientific arguments against it are in reality metaphysical arguments and insufficient. The paper also develops the
Uwe Meixner
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Finitude and the Good Will

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 927-941, September 2025.
Abstract According to Kant, both finite (human) and non‐finite (divine) wills are subject to the moral law, though the manner of their subjection differs. The fact that the law expresses an ‘ought’ for the human will is a function of our imperfection.
Alex Englander
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İRADE ÖZGÜRLÜGÜ SORUNUNUN ÇÖZÜMSÜZLÜGÜ ÜZERİNE

Felsefe Dünyası, 2008
E. Funda NESLİOGLU, "İRADE ÖZGÜRLÜGÜ SORUNUNUN ÇÖZÜMSÜZLÜGÜ ÜZERİNE"
Funda Neslioğlu
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Defending The Open Future: Replies to MacFarlane, Green, Wasserman, and Bigg & Miller

Analytic Philosophy, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 249-277, June 2025.
Abstract In this symposium piece, I reply to the diverse and wide‐ranging set of objections to my book (The Open Future: Why Future Contingents are All False) set forth by MacFarlane, Green, Wasserman, and Bigg & Miller.
Patrick Todd
wiley   +1 more source

Must indeterminate rational actions be random? [PDF]

Belgrade Philosophical Annual
One powerful objection to libertarian accounts of free will is that, if actions involve any element of indeterminism, those actions are random. Such actions are thought to be random because the only factors that can aid in explanation are reasons, and ...
Anton Audrey L.
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Information, Agency, and the Trinity

Religions
Theology and science has, for traditional sciences, been a two way street. It should be no surprise then that foundational issues in semantic information theory and AI may provide insights into religious dogmas: in this case, the Christian doctrine of ...
George M. Coghill
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Grounding Physicalism and the Metaphysical Exclusion Problem

Ratio, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 71-81, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Ground physicalism is the view that higher‐level properties, such as phenomenal and normative properties, are fully grounded in the fundamental physical properties. Like other non‐identity physicalists, ground physicalists face the causal exclusion problem.
Will Moorfoot
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