Best Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer Podcasts (2024)

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The Free Will Show Book Trailer 6:59

2h ago6:59

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Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe their new book How Free Are We? Conversations from the Free Will Show. Preorder the book from Oxford University Press: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-free-are-we-9780197657508?facet_narrowbybinding_facet=Ebook&facet_narrowbypubdate_facet=Last%203%20months&lang=en&cc=us Also available on Amaz…

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Episode 77: Ambivalence with Justin Coates 44:58

7d ago44:58

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In this episode we talk with Justin Coates about the nature of ambivalence and arguments for and against it. Justin's website: https://djustincoates.com/index.html Justin's book, In Praise of Ambivalence: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/in-praise-of-ambivalence-9780197652398?q=justin%20coates&lang=en&cc=us# Twitter: https://twitter.com/thef…

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Episode 76: The Standing to Punish with Tommie Shelby 38:32

19d ago38:32

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In this episode, we talk with Tommie Shelby about whether and when states lack the standing to punish. We also discuss Tommie's book on prison abolitionism, which makes the case for prison reform without accepting that incarceration is illegitimate. Tommie's website: https://www.tommieshelby.com/ Tommie's book, The Idea of Prison Abolition: https:/…

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Episode 75: Group Responsibility and Historicism with Stephanie Collins and Niels de Haan 50:38

1M ago50:38

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In this episode, we talk with Stephanie Collins and Niels de Haan about whether structuralism or historicism best accounts for group responsibility. Stephanie's website: https://stephaniecollins.xyz/ Niels's website: https://sites.google.com/view/niels-de-haan/homepage Their paper, "Group Responsibility and Historicism": https://academic.oup.com/pq…

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Episode 74: Omissions and Moral Luck with Joseph Metz 36:43

2M ago36:43

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In this episode, we talk with Joseph Metz about moral luck and responsibility for omissions. Joe's website: https://www.joseph-metz.com/home Joe's paper, “Omissions, Moral Luck, and Minding the (Epistemic) Gap”: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-philosophy/article/omissions-moral-luck-and-minding-the-epistemic-gap/F95FD501…

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Episode 73: Corporate Criminal Responsibility with Mihailis Diamantis 50:02

2M ago50:02

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In this episode, we talk with Mihailis Diamantis about the nature of corporations and some similarities between corporate and individual criminal responsibility. Mihailis's website: https://law.uiowa.edu/people/mihailis-diamantis Mihailis's paper, "Corporate Criminal Minds": https://ndlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NDL509.pdf Twitter: htt…

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Episode 72: Crime and Reparations with Raff Donelson 31:22

3M ago31:22

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In this episode, we talk with Raff Donelson about several different topics, including his response to free will skepticism, whether its okay to make people responsible to make reparations for historical injustices, and his recent work on medieval criminal trials involving non-human animals. Raff's website: https://www.raffdonelson.com/ Raff's paper…

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Episode 71: The Principle of Alternative Possibilities with Justin Capes 41:13

3M ago41:13

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In this episode, we talk with Justin Capes about the principle of alternative possibilities and his version of the flicker of freedom response to Frankfurt cases. Justin's website: https://www.justincapes.com/ Justin's book, Moral Responsibility and the Flicker of Freedom: https://academic.oup.com/book/46725 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewill…

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Episode 70: Forgiveness and the Law with Simone Gubler 26:56

4M ago26:56

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In this episode, we talk with Simone Gubler about forgiveness, its value, and some potential problems with institutional attempts to make forgiveness happen. Simone's website: https://simonegubler.com/ Simone's paper, "Recent Work in Forgiveness": https://academic.oup.com/analysis/article-abstract/82/4/738/6908773?redirectedFrom=fulltext Twitter: h…

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Episode 69: Addiction and the Law with Stephen Morse 38:15

5M ago38:15

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In this episode, we talk with Stephen Morse about the nature of addiction and about the moral and criminal responsibility of people who suffer from addiction. Stephen's website: https://www.law.upenn.edu/faculty/smorse/ Stephen's book (edited with Adina Roskies), A Primer on Criminal Law and Neuroscience: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-p…

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Episode 68: Psychopathy and the Law with David Shoemaker 41:30

5M ago41:30

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In this episode, we talk with David Shoemaker about his theory of different kinds of moral responsibility and its implications for psychopathy and the law. David's website: https://sites.google.com/site/dshoemakr/home David's book, Responsibility from the Margins: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/responsibility-from-the-margins-9780198715672…

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Episode 67: Children and the Law with Gideon Yaffe 39:21

5M ago39:21

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In this episode, we talk with Gideon Yaffe about whether and to what extent children should be held less culpable for breaking the law. Gideon's website: https://law.yale.edu/gideon-yaffe Gideon's book, The Age of Culpability: Children and the Age of Criminal Responsibility: https://academic.oup.com/book/8349?login=false Twitter: https://twitter.co…

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Episode 66: Overpunishment with Saul Smilansky 42:42

6M ago42:42

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In this episode, we talk with Saul Smilansky about overpunishment, focusing on the question of whether overpunishing a guilty person is morally worse than punishing an innocent person. We also briefly discuss Saul's work on free will and illusion. Saul's website: https://www.saulsmilansky.com/ Saul's book, Free Will and Illusion: https://global.oup…

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Episode 65: Rehabilitation with Katrina Sifferd 35:59

6M ago35:59

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In this episode, we talk with Katrina Sifferd about the rehabilitation of criminal offenders and the effects that environments can have on criminal behavior and rehabilitation. Katrina's website: https://pleasandexcuses.net/ Katrina's paper, "Structural Injustice and Fair Opportunity": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11572-023-09697-1 Tw…

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Episode 64: Moral Authority and Punishment with Victor Tadros 30:27

7M ago30:27

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In this episode, we talk with Victor Tadros about moral authority (or standing) and punishment. In particular, we ask about what it would mean for the state to be complicit in the behavior of criminal offenders and how that complicity might affect its standing to punish. Victor's website: https://vtadros367761169.wordpress.com/ Victor's book, Crimi…

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Episode 63: Mens Rea with Craig Agule 24:51

7M ago24:51

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In this episode, we talk with Craig Agule about some of the philosophical issues related to mens rea requirements in the law and also about the connection between mens rea and free will. Craig's website: https://craigagule.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https:/…

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Episode 62: Theories of Punishment with Erin Kelly 30:22

7M ago30:22

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In this episode, we talk with Erin Kelly about the main theories of justification for punishment, as well as some challenges for those theories. We also ask her about her work on moving from retributive to restorative justice. Erin's website: https://erinikelly.com Erin's book, The Limits of Blame: Rethinking Punishment and Responsibility: https://…

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Episode 61: Introduction to Free Will and the Law with Kyle Fritz 50:54

8M ago50:54

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This episode starts a new season on free will and the law. In a wide-ranging discussion, Kyle Fritz gives some background for various key issues at the intersection of free will and the law. Kyle's website: https://kylegfritz.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: http…

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Episode 60: Compatibilism and Reduction with Robert Wallace 55:02

11M ago55:02

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In this episode, we talk with Robert Wallace about a dilemma for compatibilist views that reductively explain free will in terms of dispositions. Robert's website: https://www.roberthwallace.com/ Robert's paper, "A Dilemma for Reductive Compatibilism": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-021-00475-w Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefree…

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Episode 59: Crime and Public Health with Nadine Elzein 38:11

11M ago38:11

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In this episode we talk with Nadine Elzein about the public health model for responding to criminal behavior. We ask about reasons for preferring this model (including free will skepticism) as well as some common objections to treating crime like a public health issue. Nadine's website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/summaries/elze…

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Episode 58: Options and Agency with John Maier 30:36

12M ago30:36

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In this episode we talk with John Maier about what he calls 'options' and how they’re related in other issues in the philosophy of agency. John's website: https://www.jmaier.net John's book, Options and Agency: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-10243-1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/…

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Episode 57: The Reason View with Susan Wolf 42:33

1y ago42:33

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In this episode, we talk with Susan Wolf about her view of free will, which she calls "The Reason View," and how her view has evolved over the years. Susan's website: https://philosophy.unc.edu/people/susan-wolf/ Susan's book, Freedom within Reason: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/freedom-within-reason-9780195085655?cc=us&lang=en& Twitter: …

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Episode 56: Raising the Stakes in the Free Will Debate with Justin Caouette 42:15

1y ago42:15

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In this episode, we talk with Justin Caouette about a variety of topics that he’s interested in in the free will debate as well as what is at stake in the debate itself. Justin's website: http://www.profjustincaouette.com/ Justin's co-edited volume, Free Will and Moral Responsibility: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/free-will-and-moral-responsibi…

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Episode 55: Blameworthiness and Forgiveness with Per-Erik Milam 45:47

1y ago45:47

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In this episode, we talk with Per-Erik Milam about blameworthiness and forgiveness. Along the way, we talk about two types of view about what forgiveness is. Per's website: http://www.pererikmilam.com/ Per's chapter discussed in the episode is called "Forgiveness," and it is in the Oxford Handbook of Moral Responsibility: https://global.oup.com/aca…

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Episode 54: Action Explanations with Megan Fritts 25:41

1y ago25:41

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In this episode we talk with Megan Fritts about causal and non-causal theories of action explanation and why she prefers a non-causal approach. Megan's website: https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home Megan's paper, "Reasons Explanations as Structural Explanations": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11229-021-03349-4 Twitter: https…

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Episode 53: Manipulation and Intentional Agency with Andrei Buckareff 51:25

1y ago51:25

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In this episode, we talk with Andrei Buckareff about a kind of soft-line response to the manipulation argument that draws from work within the philosophy of action. Andrei's website: https://sites.google.com/site/andreibuckareff/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https…

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Episode 52: Free Will as a Natural Kind with Oisín Deery 33:03

1y ago33:03

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In this episode, we talk with Oisín Deery about his work on free will as a natural kind. Along the way, we talk about what it feels like to act freely, whether freedom is compatible with determinism, and whether artificial intelligences could have free will. Oisin's website: https://www.oisindeery.com/ Oisin's book, Naturally Free Action: https://g…

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Episode 51: Flickers of Freedom with Bradford Stockdale 34:07

1y ago34:07

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In this episode, we discuss a popular response to Frankfurt cases called the "flicker of freedom" strategy. Our guest is Bradford Stockdale. Brad's PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/bradford-stockdale Brad's paper, "Moral Responsibility, Alternative Possibilities, and Acting on One's Own": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007…

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Episode 50: Double Compatibilism with Greg Welty 1:30:07

1+ y ago1:30:07

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In this episode, we talk with Greg Welty about what compatibilists about freedom and determinism could contribute to the debate about freedom and foreknowledge. Greg's website: http://www.gregwelty.com/ Greg's book, Why Is There Evil in the World (And So Much Of It)?: https://www.christianfocus.com/products/2741/why-is-there-evil-in Twitter: https:…

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Episode 49: Open Theism, Part 2 with Patrick Todd 48:36

1+ y ago48:36

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This is our second of two episodes on open theism. We talk with Patrick Todd about two versions of the view and why he prefers the open future open theist view. Patrick's website: http://www.patricktodd.co/ Patrick's book, The Open Future: Why Future Contingents Are All False: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-open-future-9780192897916?cc…

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Episode 48: Open Theism, Part 1 with William Hasker 53:40

1+ y ago53:40

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This is our first of two episodes on open theism, the view that we have free will and that it is incompatible with divine foreknowledge. In this episode, we talk with William Hasker about reasons to be an open theist and some potential challenges. Bill's website: https://www.huntington.edu/meet-the-faculty/william-hasker Influential book on open th…

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Episode 47: Sourcehood Libertarianism with David Hunt 45:22

1+ y ago45:22

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In this episode, we talk with David Hunt about the source-libertarian response to the problem of freedom and foreknowledge, according to which, although causal determinism would rule out moral responsibility, alternative possibilities are not required. David's website: https://www.whittier.edu/academics/philosophy/david-hunt David's paper, "On Augu…

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Episode 46: The Dependence Response, Part 2 with Philip Swenson 37:49

1+ y ago37:49

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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, "A…

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Episode 45: The Dependence Response, Part 1 with Trenton Merricks 35:41

1+ y ago35:41

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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/pu…

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Episode 44: Molinism with William Lane Craig 42:04

1+ y ago42:04

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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-w…

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Episode 43: Ockhamism with Amy Seymour 59:50

1+ y ago59:50

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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: http…

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Episode 42: Boethianism with Katherin Rogers 41:02

1+ y ago41:02

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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…

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Episode 41: Introduction to Freedom and Foreknowledge with Simon Kittle 42:08

1+ y ago42:08

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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.co…

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Bonus Episode: 50 Free Will Puzzles with Garrett Pendergraft 28:23

1+ y ago28:23

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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/…

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Episode 40: Moral Luck and Transformative Experiences with Marcela Herdova 42:40

2y ago42:40

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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/thefreewillsh…

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Episode 39: The Vagueness of "Free Will" with Santiago Amaya 31:35

2y ago31:35

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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": h…

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Episode 38: Omissions and Frankfurt Cases with John Stigall 33:41

2y ago33:41

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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-sti…

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Episode 37: Mental Illness and Moral Responsibility with Sofia Jeppsson 38:12

2y ago38:12

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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 webs…

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Episode 36: Manipulation, Bypassing, and Nonconsensual Neurocorrectives with Gabriel De Marco 59:13

2y ago59:13

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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_…

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Episode 35: Strawsonianism and Manipulation Arguments with Andrew Latham and Hannah Tierney 41:03

2y ago41:03

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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.…

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Episode 34: The Epistemic Condition and Tracing with Daniel Miller 42:20

2y ago42:20

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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 …

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Episode 33: Free Will and Moral Luck with Robert Hartman 42:44

2y ago42:44

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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/97803673…

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Episode 32: Incompatibilism and Incompossibilism with Kristin Mickelson 58:05

2y ago58:05

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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.instagra…

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Episode 31: Dependence, Freedom, and Foreknowledge with Andrew Law 54:35

2+ y ago54:35

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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.wix…

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Episode 30: Free Will as a Higher-Level Phenomenon with Christian List 56:06

2+ y ago56:06

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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 …

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