Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism
Great Philosophical Debates: Free Will and Determinism
Contemporary Compatibilism (1x8)
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Professor Nichols looks at a modern view of compatibilism, as described by Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt, that our will is a desire that effectively produces behavior. We experience two desires: to eat ice cream or go on a diet; which wins out and what does that mean for free will?