Abstract
In this review, I discuss some aspects of van Inwagen’s insights with respect to the notions of free will and determinism. My main focus is on the author’s formulation of the free will problem.
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BENNETT, J. Counterfactuals and temporal direction. The Philosophical Review 93 (1): 57-91, 1984.
CARTWRIGHT, N. & MERLUSSI, P. Are laws of nature consistent with contingency?. In: Laws of nature, eds. W. Ott and, 2018. L. PATTO, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
DORR, C. Against counterfactual miracles'. The Philosophical Review, 125 (2): 241–286, 2016.
GOODMAN, J. Knowledge, counterfactuals and determinism. Philosophical Studies 172 (9): 2275-2278, 2015.
MCKAY, T. J. and JOHNSON, D. A reconsideration of an argument against compatibilism. Philosophical Topics 24 (2): 113–122, 1996.
LEWIS, D. Are we free to break the laws?. Theoria 47: 113-21, 1981.
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