In this episode, Carolina Sartorio explains “Frankfurt cases”—cases that call into question the intuitive idea, sometimes called the principle of alternative possibilities (“PAP” for short), according to which moral responsibility requires alternative possibilities. After talking through one type of objection to Frankfurt cases, Carolina discusses the significance of Frankfurt cases, which she argues extends beyond their role as alleged counterexamples to PAP.

Carolina’s Website: http://sartorio.arizona.edu/

Carolina’s Book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/causation-and-free-will-9780198746799?cc=ca&lang=en&

Frankfurt’s Paper: https://philpapers.org/rec/FRAAPA-8

Mele and Robb’s Paper: https://philpapers.org/rec/MELRFC

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In this episode, Alfred Mele explains the problem of luck for libertarianism (the view that we have free will and that free will is incompatible with determinism). Along the way, we discuss different types of libertarian views of free will, as well as Al’s own proposed solution to the problem of luck on behalf of libertarians. 

Al’s Website: http://myweb.fsu.edu/amele/almele.html

Al’s book on this subject: Free Will and Luck: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/free-will-and-luck-9780195374391?cc=us&lang=en& 

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In this episode, Peter van Inwagen explains the consequence argument for incompatibilism. Afterwards, he discusses what he takes to be the problem of freedom and determinism.

Peter’s Website: https://philosophy.nd.edu/people/emeritus/peter-van-inwagen/
A collection of Peter’s written work: https://andrewmbailey.com/pvi/

Papers referenced in the episode:

"Are We Free to Break the Laws?" by David Lewis
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1755-2567.1981.tb00473.x

“A Reconsideration of an Argument Against Compatibilism” by Thomas McKay and David Johnson https://www.pdcnet.org/philtopics/content/philtopics_1996_0024_0002_0113_0122

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In this episode, Linda Zagzebski explains the argument from God’s infallible foreknowledge to the conclusion that no one has free will. After discussing several responses to the argument, she then explains why this problem is interesting—whether one is a theist or not.

Linda’s website: https://www.ou.edu/cas/philosophy/people/faculty/linda-zagzebski

Recommended resources:

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Foreknowledge and Free Will”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/free-will-foreknowledge/

Linda's first book, The Dilemma of Freedom and Foreknowledge: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-dilemma-of-freedom-and-foreknowledge-9780195107630?cc=us&lang=en&#

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In this episode, Alicia Finch explains an intriguing argument for logical fatalism—the view that the laws of logic preclude out having free will—as well as four types of response to the argument.

Alicia’s website: https://www.aliciafinch.com/

Recommended resources:

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Fatalism”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fatalism/

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Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe Season 1 of The Free Will Show.

Taylor’s website: taylorwcyr.com

Matt’s website: matthewflummer.weebly.com/

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In this episode, John Martin Fischer explains three potential threats to our having free will in the sense of having the freedom to do otherwise than what we actually do: the threats from logical fatalism, divine foreknowledge, and causal determinism. John ends by giving a teaser for an alternative conception of free will.

John Martin Fischer’s website: https://alaw003.wixsite.com/johnmartinfischer

Recommended resources:

The book that John mentions at the end of the episode is Four Views on Free Will: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Four+Views+on+Free+Will-p-9781405134866

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In this episode, cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer present an introduction to the philosophy of free will, including a discussion of differing conceptions of free will, how free will is related to moral responsibility, and why it matters if we have free will.

Recommended resources:

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Free Will”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/

The study by psychologists from Brown University is: “Free Will without Metaphysics” by Andrew Monroe and Bertram Malle, available here: http://research.clps.brown.edu/soccogsci/Publications/Pubs/Monroe_Malle_2015_Free_will_without_metaphysics.pdf

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In this episode, cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer introduce themselves and this podcast. Along the way they discuss what the discipline of philosophy is and why they’re making this podcast.

Taylor’s website: taylorwcyr.com

Matt’s website: matthewflummer.weebly.com/

Also, Matt forgot to mention the name of his college: Porterville College

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