On the very concept of free will

被引:11
作者
May, Joshua [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Dept Philosophy, Birmingham, AL 35294 USA
关键词
Freedom; Moral responsibility; Experimental philosophy; Incompatibilism; Compatibilism; Cluster concept; Prototype;
D O I
10.1007/s11229-014-0426-1
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Determinism seems to rule out a robust sense of options but also prevent our choices from being a matter of luck. In this way, free will seems to require both the truth and falsity of determinism. If the concept of free will is coherent, something must have gone wrong. I offer a diagnosis on which this puzzle is due at least in part to a tension already present in the very idea of free will. I provide various lines of support for this hypothesis, including some experimental data gathered by probing the judgments of non-specialists.
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页码:2849 / 2866
页数:18
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