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Compatibilism holds that relevant freedom can coexist with causal determination. Hume and later accounts differ over the control needed for action and responsibility.
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Guided course · Module 13 · Lesson 83
Can responsibility survive causal explanation?
Hume, van Inwagen and Fischer disagree about the control that responsibility requires. The lesson separates three ideas their arguments rely on: causal determination, alternative possibilities and responsiveness to reasons.