A New Argument for Compatibilism

Abstract I offer a new argument for the compatibility of free will and determinism. The argument rests on three premises, which are plausible and intuitive, or so I argue. Given that acceptance of the premises commits one to a metaphysics that combines a causal powers ontology with a Humean conception of the laws of nature, I propose calling the resulting account of free will “semi-Humean compatibilism”.

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2025-12-17
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https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anaf113
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Free Will and Agency
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Abstract

Abstract I offer a new argument for the compatibility of free will and determinism. The argument rests on three premises, which are plausible and intuitive, or so I argue. Given that acceptance of the premises commits one to a metaphysics that combines a causal powers ontology with a Humean conception of the laws of nature, I propose calling the resulting account of free will “semi-Humean compatibilism”.

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Munich School of Philosophy (DE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
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