Responsibility, God and Alternative Possibilities
I want to get back to some of the questions about free will and responsibility I was thinking through a couple of months ago. One big question that I don’t think has been addressed sufficiently in an LDS context is semi-compatibilism. I want to hold off on the formal arguments about semi-compatibilism and who has [...]
Time and Chance
Is there a difference between something being random at time T such that E is a random event at T and the case where there is a randomness determining E at T such that E is random but not generated at time T? Consider for instance Las Vegas. Slot machines and presumably many other games [...]
Age, Free Will and Mary
One thing that I think has bothered most of us about the FLDS situation is the age. In my other post I noted the distinction between epistemic justification and moral responsibility on the one hand and the ultimate issue of whether something is good. So for instance, I personally would say that it is inherently [...]
Mele Part II
This is Mele Part II otherwise known as the post where I take back nearly everything I said only a couple of days ago. You may remember from my last post that I characterized Mele as missing the point. Indeed I basically painted him as a nominalist. Now that I’ve thought about that chapter for [...]
Mele, Freedom and Luck
I’ve got about 4 books I’m working on right now. One of them is Alfred Mele’s just recently released book Free Will and Luck. I’m only about 1/3 of the way through it but it’s been somewhat frustrating. Parts I rather like. For instance Mele’s agnostic about the whole free will issue. Yet one can [...]
Block Universes, Free Will, and Alternative Possibilities
OK, I’m pretty rusty on my free will debate. It’s been over a year since I’ve really had the opportunity to read much on free will. So let me add the caveat that this post is partially to help get me back into the flow of things. That caveat in place let me return to [...]
SEP: Free Will
The SEP has a significantly revised entry on Foreknowledge and Free Will up today. (HT: Jeff)
Does God Know the Answer of Free Will?
I have to admit that I’d gotten a little bored with the debate over free will. Science tends to point, albeit inconclusively, against Libertarian free will. The argument from responsibility within religion tends to point towards Libertarian free will (although not conclusively). As I’ve often said I’m agnostic towards the question of free will. Beyond [...]
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