The Free Will Show

Episode 3: Logical Fatalism with Alicia Finch

Aug 17, 2020

54:45

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Metaphysics of Free Will

3min

The Argument for Logical Fatalism

3min

The Conflict Between Free Will and the Principle of by Villains

3min

Aristotle's Argument for Free Will

2min

The Relationship Between Propositions and Actions

2min

The Immutability Principle

6min

The Immutability Principle and the Arguments for Free Will

3min

The Transfer of Necessity Principle

4min

10.

The Different Types of Responses to the Transfer of Necessity Principle

2min

11.

Denying the Truth at a Time Principle

5min

12.

The Relationship Between Logical Fatalism and Theological Fatalism

5min

13.

The Agamis' Argument for the Fixity of the Soft Past

2min

14.

The Alchemist's Response to the Claim That P Is True

5min

15.

The Problem of Logical Fatalism

5min

16.

The Problem With the Truth Values of Propositions

3min

In this episode, Alicia Finch explains an intriguing argument for logical fatalism—the view that the laws of logic preclude out having free will—as well as four types of response to the argument.

Alicia’s website: https://www.aliciafinch.com/

Recommended resources:

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, “Fatalism”: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fatalism/

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