Open AccessLeeway 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.