Can the incompatibilist get past the no past objection?
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Dialectica
Publication Date
9-2013
Volume
67
Issue
3
First Page
345
Last Page
352
Abstract
I refute Bailey's claim that his argument for incompatibilism is immune to Campbell's No Past Objection. In my refutation I stress a simple point, that nomological necessitation by future world states does not undermine one's freedom with respect to the present world state. My analysis reveals that the No Past Objection challenges van Inwagen's second consequence argument about as much as it does the others, and suggests that the (uncompromising) incompatibilist must pursue some of the options that Bailey regarded as costly in order to overcome the No Past Objection.
DOI
10.1111/1746-8361.12024
Print ISSN
00122017
E-ISSN
17468361
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Zhang, J. (2013). Can the incompatibilist get past the no past objection? Dialectica, 67(3), 345-352. doi: 10.1111/1746-8361.12024