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

July 28, 2020 • Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer • Season 1 • Episode 2

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

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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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