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- Relativity and Responsibility
I'm reading Galen Strawson's recent article, Free Agents, which appears in the same Philosophical Topics issue where Kadri Vihvelin's paper that we discussed a couple of weeks ago is found. In it he makes this suggestive claim (where 'U-freedom' refers... - Neurolaw in The NY Times
I originally hoped that my first post here would be more substantive than this one, but apparently that was not in the cards! Instead, I simply want to point the Gardeners to an article in yesterday's NYT about neurolaw in... - How Universal (and/or objectivist) are Theories of Moral Responsibility Supposed to Be?
Describing their methodology, Fischer and Ravizza write: ..we shall be trying to articulate the inchoate, shared views about moral responsibility in (roughly speaking) a modern, Western democratic society. We suppose that there is enough agreement on these matters—at some level... - Free Will and Cognitive Biases Part 4: The Most Important Bias of All?
When I researched free will and cognitive biases last summer, I found myself in an awkward position. The plausibility of some biases having influence on the free will debate was obvious enough: the illusion of control, the fundamental attribution error,... - The level after next: Clarke on Vihvelin
You've heard of taking it to the next level. Now witness the spectacle, nay, the earth-shattering event of Randy Clarke taking it to the level after next! As Beyonce taught us all to say, I don't think you can handle... - Review: John Searle's Freedom and Neurobiology.
John Searle, Freedom and Neurobiology: Reflections on Free Will, Language, and Political Power, New York: Columbia University Press, 2006 By Christopher Franklin In this short book John R. Searle proves again why he is one of the most innovative and... - New Garden Feature: Book Reviews
The Garden of Forking Paths hereby launches a new feature: book reviews. Gardeners or guest-reviewers will post on a semi-regular basis (not to be confused with a semi-compatibilist basis!) reviews of books germane to the topics of our blog. We... - More on van Inwagen on Philosophical Success
In the wake of the recent and robust discussion van Inwagen's paper on philosophical failure here, some of you may be interested in a number of papers being presented at the Baylor philosophy of religion conference this coming weekend dedicated... - Infinitely Harry
I’m grading papers, and wanting distraction, I thought of this puzzle: Jones voted for Bush. Black was ready to intervene and ensure, had the ensurance been necessary, that Jones so vote, but it wasn’t necessary. It may seem that Jones... - A Suggestion for Setting Up the Problem
What follows is a brief section taken from a draft of the first chapter of my dissertation -- it's basically a suggestion for how to set up the debate that we are all engaged in. I'd be interested to see...
