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Prioritize Precision In Conceptual Debate
- Use precise conceptual distinctions when debating mind and agency to avoid attacking caricatures.
- Helen Steward recommends philosophical rigour to untangle subtle disagreements.
Charity Improves Philosophical Progress
- Present opponents' views sympathetically and accurately before critiquing them.
- Steward argues that engaging seriously with rival positions improves philosophical progress.
Core Free Will Framing
- Helen Steward defines determinism as laws plus initial conditions and frames free will as the power to do otherwise.
- She locates the debate around whether that power is compatible with deterministic laws.