The Free Will Show

Episode 2: Fatalism, Foreknowledge, and Determinism with John Martin Fischer

Jul 29, 2020

51:10

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Episode notes

Quanta Mechanics

04:56

God's Beliefs Entail Their Truth

04:43

The Logic of Fatalism

03:32

Introduction

3min

The Death Penalty

5min

The Three Classic Threats to Free Will

6min

Is Fatalism a Threat to Our Free Will?

4min

The Logic of Fatalism

4min

Is There a Trick in the Erding of the Premises?

6min

Are There Any Other Responses to the Fatalist Argument?

3min

Are You Defining the Fixity of the Past?

5min

The Second Threat to Free Will Is From Fatalism

3min

10.

God's Beliefs Entail Their Truth

5min

11.

Quanta Mechanics

5min

12.

The Garden of Forking Paths - Source Compatible?

3min

In this episode, John Martin Fischer explains three potential threats to our having free will in the sense of having the freedom to do otherwise than what we actually do: the threats from logical fatalism, divine foreknowledge, and causal determinism. John ends by giving a teaser for an alternative conception of free will.

John Martin Fischer’s website: https://alaw003.wixsite.com/johnmartinfischer

Recommended resources:

The book that John mentions at the end of the episode is Four Views on Free Will: https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Four+Views+on+Free+Will-p-9781405134866

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