The Free Will Show

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

Jan 10, 2022

54:35

Highlights

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Episode notes

Is the Past Beyond Our Control?

01:20

Is There a Relationship Between God's Past Beliefs and Our Choices?

04:03

The Constraining Factor

05:08

Introduction

3min

Foreknowledge and Human Free Will Are Incompatible

5min

The Dependent Solution

4min

The Time Telescope Model of Foreknowledge

2min

The Downstream Dependency Principle

3min

Is the Past Beyond Our Control?

4min

Achimism - Is There a Difference Between Hard and Soft Facts About the Past?

6min

Is There a Relationship Between God's Past Beliefs and Our Choices?

4min

Can You Kill Grandpa?

3min

10.

Do You Tell the Truth or Not?

2min

11.

You Don't Have a Choice About Pulling the Trigger

2min

12.

Time Machine - Is This Really a Good Idea?

3min

13.

Is the Past Beyond Our Control?

1min

14.

The Constraining Factor

5min

15.

The Upstream Dependency Principle Is Going to Be Incompatible With Freedom

6min

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.

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