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Leeway Compatibilism and Frankfurt‐Style Cases

Author(s) -

Cohen Yishai

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

thought: a journal of philosophy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.429

H-Index - 8

ISSN - 2161-2234

DOI - 10.1002/tht3.198

Subject(s) - compatibilism , style (visual arts) , position (finance) , philosophy , epistemology , law and economics , free will , sociology , economics , art , literature , finance

The new dispositionalists defend the position that an agent in a deterministic Frankfurt‐style case ( FSC ) has the ability to do otherwise, where that ability is the one at issue in the principle of alternative possibilities. Focusing specifically on Kadri Vihvelin's proposal, I argue against this position by showing that it is incompatible with the existence of structurally similar cases to FSCs in which a preemptive intervener bestows an agent with an ability.

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