Phil 1101 1st Edition Lecture 23Outline of Last Lecture I. Control and DesireII. Frankfurt on DesireIII. Objections to FrankfurtOutline of Current Lecture I. Free Will and DeterminismII. A New StrategyIII. Attacking the Master Argument for DeterminismIV. Two Types of CausationV. ObjectionsCurrent LectureI. Free Will and Determinisma. Defend the idea that free will is consistent with the denial of determinismb. Chisholm against Compatibilismi. Chisholm argues that compatibilism can’t account for the fact that we are responsible for our actionsii. Because if S is responsible for x, then S could have done otherwise than xiii. But the compatibilist can’t explain how, if determinism is true, any personcould have done otherwise1. For example, it can’t be thata. S could have done otherwise =b. If S had chosen to do otherwise, then he would have done otherwisec. Chisholm argues that (a) could be false while (b) is trueThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.II. A New Strategya. So Chisholm thinks that if all our actions are determined, then we have no free willb. But he also thinks that if our actions aren’t caused, then we have no free willc. Perhaps: There is more than one way for actions to be caused. Maybe some events can be caused but not determined!III. Attacking the Master Argument for Determinisma. If an event is caused, then it is determined.b. All human actions are caused.i. Therefore, all human actions are determinedii. Chishom: Deny premise 1IV. Two Types of Causationa. Event causation: events are caused by other eventsb. Agent Causation: some events are caused by something other than events. Someevents are caused by AGENTSc. Chisholm’s Agency Theoryi. S is responsible for doing something just when:1. S (the AGENT) caused the action (so no event caused it)2. S wasn’t caused to do soV. Objectionsa. What is Agent Causation?i. If x is not caused by an event, then nothing happened in the Agent to make it happen. Doesn’t that mean it “just happened?”ii. Response: this is a general problem for causationb. Could humans be AGENTS?i. AGENTS are causers who are not caused. But why think we are such
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