Date of Award

1-1-2022

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of Philosophy

Content Description

1 online resource (iii, 235 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Ron McClamrock

Committee Members

Jason D'Cruz, Ariel Zylberman

Keywords

Causal Exclusion, Compatibilism, Free Will, Moral Responsibility, Free will and determinism, Causation, Responsibility

Subject Categories

Philosophy

Abstract

ABSTRACTIn my dissertation, I defend a compatibilist conception of free will against a variety of arguments against compatibilism, and free will more generally. In the process of defending compatibilist free will against these arguments, I will be fleshing out some details of what I think free will is. Along the way, I will be developing and defending some views on related concepts, such as the concept of control. An important theme I will be revisiting throughout is that these arguments against compatibilist free will assume certain things about causation, and particularly how different kinds of phenomena causally compete with each other. I will argue that such hidden assumptions about causal competition are faulty, and that these arguments fail when such assumptions are replaced by a more plausible understanding of causation.

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