The Free Will Show

The Free Will Show

By Taylor Cyr and Matt FlummerSociety & CultureEducationPhilosophy
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The Free Will Show episodes

  • Episode 120: Nonbasic Action with Mikayla Kelley

    In this episode, we talk Mikayla Kelley about the distinction between basic and nonbasic action and different accounts of nonbasic action.

    Mikayla's website: https://www.mikaylakelley.com/

    Mikayla's paper: How to Perform a Nonbasic Action

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    36 min
  • Episode 119: Self-Prediction and Time Travel with Alison Fernandes

    In this episode, we talk with Alison Fernandes about cases of time travel and how knowledge constrains deliberation.

    Alison's website: http://www.alisonfernandes.net/

    Alison's paper, "Freedom, Self-Prediction, and the Possibility of Time Travel": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-018-1181-9


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    39 min
  • Episode 118: Physics and Libertarian Free Will with Jeffrey Koperski

    In this episode, we talk with Jeffrey Koperski about whether physics rules out libertarian free will.

    Jeff's website: https://appsc2.svsu.edu/lookup/bio/koperski

    Jeff's book: Physics and Free Will: The Science of Libertarian Freedom

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    40 min
  • Episode 117: The Structure of Agency with Joshua Shepherd

    In this episode, we talk with Joshua Shepherd about the structure of agency and creative intelligence.

    Josh's website: https://sites.google.com/site/shepherdphilosophy/home?authuser=0

    Josh's Book: The Shape of Agency


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    36 min
  • Episode 116: The Simulation Hypothesis and Free Will with Marcus Arvan

    In this episode, we talk with Marcus Arvan about how the simulation hypothesis explains various philosophical phenomena, including free will.

    Marcus's website: https://www.marcusarvan.net/

    Marcus's paper: A New Theory of Free Will

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    44 min
  • Episode 115: Abilities with Barbara Vetter

    In this episode, we talk with Barbara Vetter about abilities and how we come to know what abilities we have.

    Barbara's website: http://barbaravetter.de/

    Barbara's first book, Potentiality: From Dispositions to Modality: https://academic.oup.com/book/26364?login=false


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    1 hr 5 min
  • Episode 114: Responsibility for Consequences and the AI Responsibility Gap with Huzeyfe Demirtas

    In this episode, we talk with Huzeyfe Demirtas about responsibility for consequences and how that relates to autonomous AI systems.

    Huzeyfe's Website: https://www.huzeyfedemirtas.com/

    Huzeyfe's paper, "Against the Degree-Scope Response to Moral Luck, or A Farewell to Responsibility for Consequences": https://philpapers.org/rec/DEMATD-7

    Huzeyfe's paper, "AI Responsibility Gap: Not New, Inevitable, Unproblematic": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09814-1



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    44 min
  • Episode 113: Determinism and the Principle of Sufficient Reason with Shaun Nichols

    In this episode, we talk with Shaun Nichols about folk beliefs about determinism and causal explanation.

    Shaun's website: https://sites.google.com/view/shaunbnichols/home

    Shaun's book, Bound: Essays on Free Will and Responsibility: https://academic.oup.com/book/9296

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    41 min
  • Episode 112: Divine Luck with Andre Leo Rusavuk

    In this episode, we talk with Andre Rusavuk about the problem of divine luck.

    Andre's website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/andre-rusavuk

    Andre's paper, "Divine Actions and the Challenge of Present Luck": https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol40/iss3/1/

    Andre's paper, "The Luckiest of All Possible Beings: Divine Perfections and Constitutive Luck": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-023-00960-5

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    37 min
  • Episode 111: Divine Responsibility with Nathan Bray and Stephen Kershnar

    This episode starts a new series of the podcast that won’t have any particular guiding theme but instead looks at various topics that scholars are working on. In this episode, we talk with Nathan Bray and Stephen Kershnar about whether God is morally responsible. 

    Nathan's Website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/nathan-bray-1

    Stephen's Website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/stephen-kershnar

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    33 min

About The Free Will Show

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Do any of us really have free will? What does it mean to have free will, anyway? Is free will compatible with determinism? Hasn’t science disproved free will? How could we have free will if God exists…

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