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Sam Harris Still Needs to Read More Philosophy
February 12, 2014 by Justin Caouette
In a scathing review of Sam Harris’ pamphlet Free Will , Daniel Dennett rightfully calls out Harris for some obvious missteps that Harris has taken (once again). Harris responds here. Though I am more aligned with incompatibilism these days, Harris again makes some serious missteps in his response. First, he forwards his compatibilist thesis with regards to […]
Do Incompatibilists Have Inconsistent Intuitions?
December 20, 2013 by Justin Caouette
Incompatibilism, for our purposes here, is the view that the sort free will required for moral responsibility is not compatible with determinism. In a few recent studies there seems to be an apparent disconnect between incompatibilist intuitions when asked compatibility questions in a different way. On the one hand, in abstract cases the folk seem […]
A Dilemma Concerning Moral Obligation
November 4, 2013 by Justin Caouette
There seems to be a dilemma that has not been addressed much in the literature (a dilemma I have hinted at in the past) that concerns freedom and the deontic appraisals of moral obligation, right, and wrong. The dilemma arises when we combine the hard incompatibilist stance regarding the truth of two doctrines coupled with […]
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A Philosopher's Take 
November 5, 2014 by Justin Caouette
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