The History of Why

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Peter van Inwagen

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Van Inwagen’s consequence argument challenges alternatives under determinism. Its transfer of inability and the importance of alternatives to responsibility both remain disputed.

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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.