The Free Will Show
Episodes
Episode 18: Revisionism with Manuel Vargas
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Manuel Vargas about revisionism, a family of views according to which our ordinary conception of free will needs to be r...
Episode 17: Compatibilism, Part 3 (Semicompatibilism) with Michael McKenna
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Michael McKenna about semicompatibilism (or, perhaps better, source compatibilism). We discuss two versions of the view:...
Episode 16: Compatibilism, Part 2 (Dispositional Compatibilism) with Kadri Vihvelin
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we interview Kadri Vihvelin about a recent development of the classical compatibilist position—a development that has come to be kn...
Episode 15: Compatibilism, Part 1 (Classical Compatibilism) with Helen Beebee
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we ask Helen Beebee about a range of compatibilist positions, beginning with the “classical compatibilism” of Hobbes/Hume and the...
Episode 14: Free Will Skepticism with Gregg Caruso
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we talk with Gregg Caruso about free will skepticism, the view that we lack the freedom (or control) required for moral responsibility...
Episode 13: Libertarianism, Part 3 (Non-Causal) with David Palmer
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third of a three-part series on varieties of libertarianism. In this episode, we talk with David Palmer about non-causal libertarianism.Da...
Episode 12: Libertarianism, Part 2 (Agent-Causal) with Timothy O'Connor
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the second of a three-part series on varieties of libertarianism. In this episode, we talk with Timothy O'Connor about agent caus...
Episode 11: Libertarianism, Part 1 (Event-Causal) with Christopher Franklin
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This season begins with a three-part series on varieties of libertarianism. In this episode, we talk with Chris Franklin about his version of event-ca...
The Free Will Show Season 2 Trailer
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe Season 2 of The Free Will Show.Taylor’s website: taylorwcyr.comMatt’s website: matthewflummer.weebly....
Episode 10: Q&A
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer answer listener questions about the issues and ideas brought up in Season 1 of The Free Will Show.We discussed Nei...
Episode 9: Moral Luck with Dana Kay Nelkin
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dana Kay Nelkin explains the problem of moral luck, which raises a challenge for all theories of freedom and responsibility. After gi...
Episode 8: The Manipulation Argument with Derk Pereboom
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Derk Pereboom explains the manipulation argument—an argument that aims at showing that determinism and free will are incompatible. ...
Episode 7: Frankfurt Cases with Carolina Sartorio
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Carolina Sartorio explains “Frankfurt cases”—cases that call into question the intuitive idea, sometimes called the principle o...
Episode 6: The Problem of Luck with Alfred Mele
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alfred Mele explains the problem of luck for libertarianism (the view that we have free will and that free will is incompatible with ...
Episode 5: The Consequence Argument with Peter van Inwagen
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Peter van Inwagen explains the consequence argument for incompatibilism. Afterwards, he discusses what he takes to be the problem of ...
Episode 4: Divine Foreknowledge with Linda Zagzebski
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Linda Zagzebski explains the argument from God’s infallible foreknowledge to the conclusion that no one has free will. After discus...
Episode 3: Logical Fatalism with Alicia Finch
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alicia Finch explains an intriguing argument for logical fatalism—the view that the laws of logic preclude out having free will—a...
The Free Will Show Trailer
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe Season 1 of The Free Will Show.Taylor’s website: taylorwcyr.comMatt’s website: matthewflummer.weebly....
Episode 2: Fatalism, Foreknowledge, and Determinism with John Martin Fischer
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Episode 1: An Introduction to Free Will
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer present an introduction to the philosophy of free will, including a discussion of differing conce...
Episode 0: Introduction to the Free Will Show
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer introduce themselves and this podcast. Along the way they discuss what the discipline of philosop...