The Free Will Show

In this episode, we talk with Eddy Nahmias about the experimental philosophy of free will and his own compatibilist view. Eddy's Website: https://eddynahmias.com/ Eddy's paper (with Nadelhoffer and Morris): Is Incompatibilism Intuitive? Eddy's paper with Oisin Deery: Why the Manipulation Argument Fails: Determinism Does Not Entail Perfect Prediction Twitter: https://twitter.com/thef...

In this episode, we talk with Neal Tognazzini about time travel and free will as well as some non-standard threats to free will from other areas of metaphysics. Neal's website: https://sites.google.com/view/neal-tognazzini/home?authuser=0 Neal's paper (with Andrew Law), "Free Will and Two Local Determinisms": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-018-9992-9 Twitter:...

In this episode, we talk with Matt King about various kinds of responsibility and how they all share in what he calls the basic responsibility relation. Matt's website: https://dr-matt-king.squarespace.com/ Matt's book: Simply Responsible Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Wi...

In this episode, we talk with Sabrina Little about a puzzle about free will in the context of moral education. Sabrina's website: https://sabrinalittle.com/ Sabrina's book: The Examined Run Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/

In this episode, we talk with Helen Steward about her view that agency itself, not just free agency, is incompatible with determinism.  Helen's website: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/1167/professor-helen-steward-fba Helen's book: A Metaphysics for Freedom Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://...

In this episode, we talk with Leigh Vicens about what she calls the puzzle of sin and free will in Christianity. We consider how compatibilists, libertarians, and free will skeptics might respond to the puzzle. Leigh's website: https://www.augie.edu/directory/leigh-vicens-phd-mdiv-ma Leigh's book: Christianity and the Problem of Free Will Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Inst...

In this episode we talk with Benjamin Matheson about various problems concerning both compatibilist and libertarian free will in heaven. Benjamin's website: https://www.benjaminmatheson.com/ Benjamin's paper:  Tracing and Heavenly Freedom Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Wi...

In this episode, we talk with Tom Ward about divine free will, focusing on Duns Scotus's view of divine free will and the act of creation. Tom's website: https://www.thomasmward.com/ Tom's book, Ordered by Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotus : https://angelicopress.com/products/ordered-by-love?srsltid=AfmBOoo6x3lkxblphcS_BASqIQmPqR6wr6ZO6objsyEtwLdgGrTyl5G9 Twitter: https://tw...

In this episode, we talk with Kevin Timpe about grace and free will, focusing on a puzzle that arises for the Christian view of divine grace towards fallen human beings. Kevin's website: https://kevintimpe.com/ Kevin's book: Free Will in Philosophical Theology Kevin's papers: Grace and Controlling What We Do Not Cause Cooperative Grace, Cooperative Agency Twitter: https://twitter.co...

In this episode we talk with John Bishop and Ken Perszyk about the euteleological understanding of theism, which is an alternative to personal theism. John's website: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/jc-bishop Ken's website: https://profiles.waikato.ac.nz/ken.perszyk John and Ken's book: God, Purpose, and Reality Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.ins...

In this episode, we talk with Scott Davison about petitionary prayer. We begin with what petitionary prayer is, and then we discuss challenges to petitionary prayer from divine free will. Scott's website: https://scottdavison.yourwebsitespace.com/ Scott's books: God and Prayer                           Petitionary Prayer Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www...

In this episode, we talk with Alan Rhoda about the strengths and weaknesses of various models of divine providence and free will. Alan's website: http://www.alanrhoda.net/ Alan's book, Open Theism : https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/open-theism/58D1856058A7BAED3BD758245927FADB Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Face...

In this episode, we talk with Gloria Frost about various views of divine causation of creaturely action, focusing on three views from the medieval period. Gloria's website: https://gloriafrost.org/ Gloria's book, Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers : https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/aquinas-on-efficient-causation-and-causal-powers/582E9302CDF482489AC0CDE3A3EE90B0 Twitter...

In this episode, we talk with Jason Turner about whether certain kinds of compatibilists can use the free will defense in response to the problem of evil. Jason's website: https://philosophy.arizona.edu/person/jason-turner Jason's paper, "Compatibilism and the Free Will Defense": https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol30/iss2/1/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thef...

This ninth season of the podcast will explore topics on free will and theology. In this episode, we talk with Dan Speak about free will and the problem of evil. Dan's website: https://bellarmine.lmu.edu/philosophy/faculty/?expert=daniel.speak Dan's book, The Problem of Evil : https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-problem-of-evil--9780745664064 Twitter: https://twitter.com/...

In this episode, we talk with Anneli Jefferson about instrumentalist accounts of moral responsibility and some challenges for the view, including issues related to blaming the dead. Anneli's website: https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/jeffersona1 Anneli's paper, "Instrumentalism about Moral Responsibility Revisited": https://academic.oup.com/pq/article/69/276/555/5266881?logi...

In this episode, we talk with Josh May about issues in neuroethics and the law and also about mental disorders and moral responsibility. Josh's website: https://www.joshdmay.com/ Josh's book, Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Sciecne : https://global.oup.com/academic/product/neuroethics-9780197648094?cc=us&lang=en& Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: htt...

In this episode, we talk with Meghan Griffith about developing a narrative capacity and how it relates to becoming morally responsible. Megan's website: https://www.davidson.edu/people/meghan-griffith Megan's paper, "Narrative Capacity and Moral Responsibility": https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/social-philosophy-and-policy/article/abs/narrative-capacity-and-moral-respons...

Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe their new book How Free Are We? Conversations from the Free Will Show . Preorder the book from Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-free-are-we-9780197657508?facet_narrowbybinding_facet=Ebook&facet_narrowbypubdate_facet=Last%203%20months&lang=en&cc=us Also available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Free-A...

In this episode we talk with Justin Coates about the nature of ambivalence and arguments for and against it. Justin's website: https://djustincoates.com/index.html Justin's book, In Praise of Ambivalence: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-praise-of-ambivalence-9780197652398?q=justin%20coates&lang=en&cc=us# Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://w...

In this episode, we talk with Tommie Shelby about whether and when states lack the standing to punish. We also discuss Tommie's book on prison abolitionism, which makes the case for prison reform without accepting that incarceration is illegitimate. Tommie's website: https://www.tommieshelby.com/ Tommie's book, The Idea of Prison Abolition : https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcov...

In this episode, we talk with Stephanie Collins and Niels de Haan about whether structuralism or historicism best accounts for group responsibility. Stephanie's website: https://stephaniecollins.xyz/ Niels's website: https://sites.google.com/view/niels-de-haan/homepage Their paper, "Group Responsibility and Historicism": https://academic.oup.com/pq/advance-article/doi/10.1093/p...

In this episode, we talk with Joseph Metz about moral luck and responsibility for omissions. Joe's website: https://www.joseph-metz.com/home Joe's paper, “Omissions, Moral Luck, and Minding the (Epistemic) Gap”: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-philosophy/article/omissions-moral-luck-and-minding-the-epistemic-gap/F95FD50121A509FB66C3691D49D91B03 Twitter: https:...

In this episode, we talk with Mihailis Diamantis about the nature of corporations and some similarities between corporate and individual criminal responsibility. Mihailis's website: https://law.uiowa.edu/people/mihailis-diamantis Mihailis's paper, "Corporate Criminal Minds": https://ndlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NDL509.pdf Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillsh...

In this episode, we talk with Raff Donelson about several different topics, including his response to free will skepticism, whether its okay to make people responsible to make reparations for historical injustices, and his recent work on medieval criminal trials involving non-human animals. Raff's website: https://www.raffdonelson.com/ Raff's paper, "Reparation, Responsibility, and...