The Free Will Show

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. Philip's website: https://sites.google.com/site/philipjswenson/home Philip's paper, "Ability, Foreknowledge, and Explana...

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. Trenton's website: https://www.trentonmerricks.com/ Trenton's paper, "Truth and Freedom": https://www.trentonmerricks.com/public/publications/Truth-and-Freedom.p...

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. Bill's website: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/ Bill's book, The Only Wise God : https://wipfandstock.com/9781579103163/the-only-wise-god/ Bill's book, Divine Forek...

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. Amy's website: https://www.amyseymour.com/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105...

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. Kate's website: https://www.udel.edu/faculty-staff/experts/katherin-rogers/ Kate's recent book, The Experimental Approach to Free Will : https://www.routledge.com/The-Experimental-Approach-to-Free-Will-Fre...

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. Simon's website: https://www.simonkittle.com/ Simon's book (with Leigh Vicens), Go...

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. Garrett's website: https://seaver.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/garrett-pendergraft/ Garrett's book: https://www.routledge....

In this episode, we talk with Marcela Herdova about moral luck and transformative experiences—the kind of experiences that fundamentally change who we are.  Marcela's website: https://marcelaherdova.com/ Marcela's paper, "Transformative Moral Luck": https://www.pdcnet.org/msp/content/msp_2019_0043_0162_0180 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.ins...

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. Santiago's PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/santiago-amaya Santiago's podcast, "Free Will Matters": https://freewill.unia...

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 website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/john-stigall John's article, "Causation, No...

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. Sofia's departmental website: https://www.umu.se/en/staff/sofia-jeppsson/ Sofia's personal website: https://www.sofiajeppsson.com/ Sofi...

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. Gabriel's website: https://www.neuroethics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-gabriel-de-marco?filter_types-688386[]=book,chapter Gabe's paper...

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. Andrew's website: https://andrewjlatham.wixsite.com/andrewlatham Hannah's website: https://www.hannahtierney.com/ Andrew and Hannah's paper, &qu...

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”. Dan's website: http://www.danieljamesmiller.com/ Dan's paper, "Reasonable Foreseeability and Blameless Ignorance": https://philpapers.org/archive/MILRFA-3.pdf Dan's entry on ignorance and blame at 10...

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. Bob's website: http://www.robertjhartman.com/ Bob's book, In Defense of Moral Luck : https://www.routledge.com/In-Defense-of-Moral-Luck-Why-Luck-Often-Affects-Praiseworthiness-and-Blameworthiness/Hartman/p/book/9780367372415 Bob's article, "Constit...

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. Kristin's PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/kristin-m-mickelson    Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: htt...

This episode kicks off our fourth season, which will feature the work of mostly earlier-career scholars on a range of topics related to free will. Here we interview Andrew Law on the problem of divine foreknowledge and human free will, focusing on the increasingly popular dependence solution to the problem. Andrew's website: https://andrewlaw91.wixsite.com/website Twitter: https://twitter.com...

In this episode, we talk with philosopher Christian List about a different way of responding to a challenge to free will from physics. Even if determinism is true at the level of physics, free will might still be possible at the higher and independent level of agency.  Christian's website: https://personal.lse.ac.uk/LIST/ Christian's book, Why Free Will Is Real : https://www.hup.harvard....

In this episode, we talk with Jenann Ismael about how our ordinary conception of ourselves as agents who make free decisions is not in conflict with the classical deterministic model of physics. We also discuss how to think about determinism in light of recent advances in physics.  Jenann's website: https://www.jenanni.com/ Jenann's book: How Physics Makes Us Free Twitter: https://twitte...

In this episode, we talk with Christian Miller about studies in psychology that seem to show that our actions are more influenced by the situations that we’re in than by our character or conscious willing. We also talk about how these studies relate to free will and moral responsibility, as well as Christian’s own view. Christian's website: https://www.christianbmiller.com/ Christian's b...

In this episode, we talk with psychologist Tamar Kushnir about the developmental origins of our beliefs in free will and agency. We also talk about studies comparing adults and children and cross-cultural differences in beliefs about agency. Tamar's website: http://ecclabduke.com/theteam Tamar’s paper in Philosophy Compass : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/phc3.12529 Twitter:...

In this episode, we talk with social psychologist Roy Baumeister about willpower and an effect that Roy calls “ego depletion”. We also ask Roy about his recent work developing a scientific theory of free will.  Roy's website: https://roybaumeister.com/ Roy's book on Willpower (cowritten with John Tierney): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/307740/willpower-by-roy-f-baumeister-and-...

In this episode we talk with neuroscientist and philosopher Adina Roskies about what we can learn about free will from monkey cognition. We also ask her about her take on the Libet experiment and whether neuroscience could, in principle, disprove free will. Adina's Website: https://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/adina-l-roskies Adina's chapter "Monkey Decision-Making as a Model Sys...

In this episode, we talk with neuroscientist Peter Ulric Tse about the neural basis of free will. We cover topics such as criterial causation, kinds of free will, and why he’s a libertarian about free will. Peter's website: https://sites.dartmouth.edu/peter/ Peter's book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/neural-basis-free-will Peter's MOOC: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBZk0...

In this episode, we talk with brain scientist Uri Maoz about the neurophilosophy of free will. We ask about the role of neuroscience in the free will debate, how philosophers and neuroscientists can collaborate, and more. Uri's website: https://braininstitute.us/people/uri-maoz/ Neurophilosophy of Free Will project website: https://neurophil-freewill.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreew...