<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In this paper I reexamine the debate between two contrasting conceptions of free will: the classical model, which understands freedom in terms of alternative possibilities, and a more recent family of views that focus only on actual causes, and that were inspired by Frankfurt’s famous attack on the principle of alternative possibilities. I offer a novel argument in support of the actual-causes model, one that bypasses the popular debate about Frankfurt-style cases.</p></abstract>

In this paper I reexamine the debate between two contrasting conceptions of free will: the classical model, which understands freedom in terms of alternative possibilities, and a more recent family of views that focus only on actual causes, and that were inspired by Frankfurt’s famous attack on the principle of alternative possibilities. I offer a novel argument in support of the actual-causes model, one that bypasses the popular debate about Frankfurt-style cases.

Actual Causes and Free Will

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In this paper I reexamine the debate between two contrasting conceptions of free will: the classical model, which understands freedom in terms of alternative...

Actual Causes and Free Will

Published Online: Mar 06, 2018

Page range: 147 - 165

Received: Jul 27, 2017

Accepted: Feb 11, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0002

Keywords
Causation, actual causes, free will, alternative possibilities, Frankfurt

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Actual Causes and Free Will

Published Online: Mar 06, 2018

Page range: 147 - 165

Received: Jul 27, 2017

Accepted: Feb 11, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/disp-2017-0002

KeywordsCausation, actual causes, free will, alternative possibilities, Frankfurt

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Causation, actual causes, free will, alternative possibilities, Frankfurt