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Libertarian freedom in an eternalist world?

Abstract:
My students sometimes worry that if eternalism is true then they can’t have libertarian freedom. They aren’t alone, as this sentiment is also expressed, albeit typically briefly, by various philosophers. However, somewhat surprisingly, those working within the free will literature have largely had nothing to say about libertarianism’s relationship to time, with this also being similar in the case of those working in the philosophy of time, apart from some work which has mainly focused on nonlibertarian views of freedom. In this short paper I note why I’m currently unconvinced that there’s an incompatibility between eternalism and libertarianism, and in doing so one will see why I think they are compatible.
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10.1007/978-3-030-92486-7_5

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University of Oxford
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HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Oxford college:
Pembroke College
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
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Publisher:
Springer
Host title:
Powers, Time and Free Will
Pages:
83-94
Chapter number:
5
Series:
Synthese Library
Series number:
451
Place of publication:
Cham, Switzerland
Publication date:
2022-03-29
Edition:
1
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9783030924867
ISBN:
9783030924850


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1204334
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Deposit date:
2021-10-20

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