James Tartaglia j.tartaglia@keele.ac.uk
The Ontology of Freedom
Tartaglia
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Abstract
I begin by clarifying Tallis’s revisionary terminology, showing how he redraws the lines of the traditional debate about free will by classifying himself as a compatibilist, when in standard terms he is an incompatibilist. I then examine what I take to be the two main lines of argument in Freedom, which I call the Mysterian Argument and the Intentionality Argument. I argue that neither can do the required work on its own, so I ask how they are supposed to combine. I then argue that a commitment to the ontological priority of everydayness, of the kind suggested in chapters 5 and 6 of Freedom, might combine the arguments in such a way as to secure Tallis’s conclusion. I conclude that the argument of Freedom requires positive metaphysical commitment of a kind Tallis has yet to provide.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 27, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 2, 2022 |
Publication Date | Oct 26, 2022 |
Journal | Human Affairs |
Publisher | De Gruyter |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 461-473 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1515/humaff-2022-0040 |
Keywords | free will; determinism; compatibilism; libertarianism; metaphysics; F.H. Bradley |
Publisher URL | https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/humaff-2022-0040/html |
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