The Free Will Show

Episode 17: Compatibilism, Part 3 (Semicompatibilism) with Michael McKenna

Apr 5, 2021

51:59

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The Relationship Between Hierarchical Views and Real Self Views

06:02

Towards a Mechanism Based Approach

03:36

Reason's Responsiveness - Theorizing About Freedom

05:50

Introduction

3min

What Is Semi Compatibility and How Is It Motivated?

2min

The Two Feelings of Freedom

3min

The First Step in Characterizing Semicompatiblism

2min

Source Compatiblism and the Freedom to Do Otherwise

3min

The Relationship Between Hierarchical Views and Real Self Views

6min

Mesh Theorists - Is There a Weakness of Will?

3min

Reason's Responsiveness - Theorizing About Freedom

6min

Defining Reason's Responsiveness in a Frankfort Example

4min

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Towards a Mechanism Based Approach

4min

11.

The Reason's Responsive Theorist

4min

12.

Arguments for the Incompatibility of Determinism and Freedom

5min

13.

The Hard Line Response to Manipulation

3min

14.

The Manipulation Argument Is the Best. But What Is It?

4min

In this episode, we talk with Michael McKenna about semicompatibilism (or, perhaps better, source compatibilism). We discuss two versions of the view: “mesh” theories (including Harry Frankfurt’s hierarchical model) and reasons-responsiveness theories.

Michael's website: https://msmckenna.com/

Michael's book, Conversation and Responsibility: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/conversation-and-responsibility-9780199740031?cc=us&lang=en&

Harry Frankfurt’s paper, “Freedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person”: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2024717?seq=1

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