The Free Will ShowIn 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.
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The Free Will Show Episode 4: Divine Foreknowledge with Linda ZagzebskiThe Free Will Show2020-10-26 | 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.
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Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 80: Instrumentalist Accounts of Moral Responsibility with Anneli JeffersonThe Free Will Show2024-05-30 | In this episode we talk with Anneli Jefferson about instrumentalist accounts of moral responsibility, and some challenges with the view including issues related to blaming the dead.
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Twitter: twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 72: Crime and Reparations with Raff DonelsonThe Free Will Show2024-01-29 | In this episode, we talk with Raff Donelson about several different topics including his response to free will skepticism, whether its ok to make people responsible to make reparations for historical injustices, and his recent work on medieval criminal trials involving non-human animals.
Twitter: twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 65: Rehabilitation with Katrina SifferdThe Free Will Show2023-10-16 | In this episode, we talk with Katrina Sifferd about the rehabilitation of criminal offenders and the effects that environments can have on criminal behavior and rehabilitation.Episode 63: Mens Rea with Craig AguleThe Free Will Show2023-09-18 | In this episode, we talk with Craig Agule about some of the philosophical issues related to mens rea requirements and also the connection between mens rea and free will.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 59: Crime and Public Health with Nadine ElzeinThe Free Will Show2023-05-15 | In this episode we talk with Nadine Elzein about the free will skepticism and the public health model response to crime.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 58: Options and Agency with John MaierThe Free Will Show2023-05-01 | In this episode we talk with John Maier about what he calls 'options' and how they’re related in other issues in the philosophy of agency.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 57: The Reason View with Susan WolfThe Free Will Show2023-04-17 | In this episode, we talk with Susan Wolf about her view of free will which she calls "The Reason View" and how her view has evolved over the years.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 56: Raising the Stakes in the Free Will Debate with Justin CaouetteThe Free Will Show2023-04-04 | In this episode, we talk with Justin Caouette about a variety of topics that he’s interested in in the free will debate as well as what is at stake in the debate itself.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 55: Blameworthiness and Forgiveness with Per-Erik MilamThe Free Will Show2023-03-21 | In this episode, we talk with Per-Erik Milam about blameworthiness and forgiveness. Along the way, we talk about two types of view about what forgiveness is.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 54: Action Explanations with Megan FrittsThe Free Will Show2023-03-06 | In this episode we talk with Megan Fritts about causal and non-causal theories of action explanation and why she prefers a non-causal approach.
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Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 51: Flickers of Freedom with Bradford StockdaleThe Free Will Show2023-01-23 | In this episode, we discuss a popular response to Frankfurt Cases called the "Flickers of Freedom" strategy. Our guest is Bradford Stockdale.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 50: Double Compatibilism with Greg WeltyThe Free Will Show2022-12-12 | In this episode we talk with Greg Welty about what compatibilists about freedom and determinism could contribute to the debate about freedom and foreknowledge.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 49: Open Theism Part 2 with Patrick ToddThe Free Will Show2022-11-28 | This is our second of two episodes on open theism. We talk with Patrick Todd about two versions of the view and why he prefers the open future open theist view.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 48: Open Theism Part 1 with William HaskerThe Free Will Show2022-11-14 | This is our first episode on open theism, the view that we have free will and that it is incompatible with divine foreknowledge. Our guest is William Hasker.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 47: Sourcehood Libertarianism with David HuntThe Free Will Show2022-11-01 | In this episode, we talk with David Hunt about the source-libertarian response to the problem of freedom and foreknowledge, according to which, although causal determinism would rule out moral responsibility, alternative possibilities are not required.
David's coauthored entry (with Linda Zagzebski) in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "Foreknowledge and Free Will": https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/free-will-foreknowledge/
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 44: Molinism with William Lane CraigThe Free Will Show2022-10-19 | In this episode, we talk with William Lane Craig about Molinism, a view about the compatibility of divine providence and human free will that is sometimes brought up in response to the challenge of divine foreknowledge.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 46: The Dependence Response, Part 2 with Philip SwensonThe Free Will Show2022-10-19 | This episode is the second in a two-part series on the dependence response to the problem of freedom and foreknowledge. In this episode, we talk with Philip Swenson about his version of the dependence response, whether Molinists can accept the response, and more.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 45: The Dependence Response, Part 1 with Trenton MerricksThe Free Will Show2022-10-19 | This episode is the first in a two-part series on the dependence response to the problem of freedom and foreknowledge. In this episode, we talk with Trenton Merricks about truth, dependence, foreknowledge, and freedom.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 43: Ockhamism with Amy SeymourThe Free Will Show2022-09-20 | In this episode, we talk with Amy Seymour about Ockhamist solution to the problem of freedom and foreknowledge. Along the way, we discuss various related issues in the philosophy of time.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 42: Boethianism with Katherine RogersThe Free Will Show2022-09-20 | In this episode, we talk with Katherin Rogers about the Boethian response to the problem of freedom and foreknowledge, according to which God’s timelessness helps to solve the problem.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Bonus Episode: 50 Free Will Puzzles with Garrett PendergraftThe Free Will Show2022-08-08 | In this bonus episode, we talk with Garrett Pendergraft about his new book, Free Will and Human Agency: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Though Experiments. We’ll be back next month with season 5, which focuses on the problem of human freedom and divine foreknowledge.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 41: Introduction to Freedom and Foreknowledge with Simon KittleThe Free Will Show2022-08-08 | This episode is the first in a new season on the puzzle of divine foreknowledge and human free will. Our guest, Simon Kittle, introduces the problem of freedom and foreknowledge and gives an overview of the responses to this problem that we’ll cover in more detail in the remaining episodes of this season.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 40: Moral Luck and Transformative Experiences with Marcela HerdovaThe Free Will Show2022-05-16 | In this episode, we talk with Marcela Herdova about moral luck and transformative experiences - the kind of experiences that fundamentally change who we are.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 39: The Vagueness of Free Will with Santiago AmayaThe Free Will Show2022-05-02 | In this episode, we talk with Santiago Amaya about an argument for the conclusion that "free will" is a vague term. We also talk about what Santiago thinks are some of the implications of this conclusion for the free will debate.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 38: Omissions and Frankfurt Cases with John StigallThe Free Will Show2022-04-18 | In this episode, we talk with John Stigall about omissions and Frankfurt cases. John defends the view that, while we can be morally responsible for performing positive actions even if we lack the ability to do otherwise, moral responsibility for omissions requires the ability to do otherwise.
John's article, "Causation, Norms, and Omissions: A Study of Causal Judgments (with Randolph Clarke, Joshua Shepherd, Robyn Repko Waller, and Chris Zarpentine): tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09515089.2013.815099
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 37: Mental Illness and Moral Responsibility with Sofia JeppssonThe Free Will Show2022-04-04 | In this episode, we talk with Sofia Jeppsson about why we should not take mental illness to function as an exemption from moral responsibility and why we shouldn’t take what P. F. Strawson called the “objective stance” towards those who are mentally ill.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 36: Manipulation, Bypassing, and Nonconsensual Neurocorrectives with Gabriel de MarcoThe Free Will Show2022-03-21 | In this episode, we talk with Gabriel De Marco about various manipulation cases and different ways philosophers have responded to them. We also talk about real-life cases of interventions that are similar to the manipulations in philosophical thought experiments.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 35: Strawsonianism and Manipulation Arguments with Hannah Tierney and Andrew LathamThe Free Will Show2022-03-07 | In this episode, we talk with Andrew Latham and Hannah Tierney about their recent collaborative work on manipulation arguments against compatibilism. They offer a novel response to those arguments by drawing from the work of P. F. Strawson.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 34: The Epistemic Condition and Tracing with Daniel MillerThe Free Will Show2022-02-21 | In this episode, we talk with Daniel Miller about when and why ignorance functions as an excuse from blameworthiness, and how this is related to a phenomenon called “tracing”.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Free Will and Moral Luck with Robert HartmanThe Free Will Show2022-02-07 | In this episode, we talk with Robert Hartman about the problems of free will and moral luck and how they are related to each other.
Facebook: facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408Episode 32: Incompatibilism and Incompossibilism with Kristin MickelsonThe Free Will Show2022-01-24 | In this episode, we talk with Kristin Mickelson about whether philosophers are using the term “incompatibilism” in different ways and what implications this may have for the free will debate.