Lesson test: What libertarianism would need

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What libertarianism would need

1.[3p]
What must a libertarian deliver?

Select all that apply

That determinism is false

Correct

That the indeterminism sits in the process producing the decision

Correct

That the indeterminism yields control rather than noise

Correct

That every action is undetermined

The answer is: That determinism is false, That the indeterminism sits in the process producing the decision, That the indeterminism yields control rather than noise

2.[3p]
What does the rollback argument ask us to imagine?

The world rewound to just before a decision and replayed many times from the identical state

Correct

The same person facing the same decision at different times in their life

The answer is: The world rewound to just before a decision and replayed many times from the identical state

Two different people in the same circumstances

The answer is: The world rewound to just before a decision and replayed many times from the identical state

A decision made without any reasons

The answer is: The world rewound to just before a decision and replayed many times from the identical state

3.[3p]
If a decision comes out one way in 726 replays out of 1000, what is the argument's point?

Nothing about the agent differs across replays, so nothing about her explains which branch occurred

Correct

The decision was determined, since a probability was fixed

The answer is: Nothing about the agent differs across replays, so nothing about her explains which branch occurred

The agent is responsible in 726 cases and not in the other 274

The answer is: Nothing about the agent differs across replays, so nothing about her explains which branch occurred

Probabilities cannot be assigned to free decisions

The answer is: Nothing about the agent differs across replays, so nothing about her explains which branch occurred

4.[2p]
The rollback argument applies to compatibilist accounts of decision as much as to libertarian ones.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

5.[2p]
What does Kane call the rare choices that confer freedom? Three words, starting "self".

CorrectNot quite: self-forming actions

6.[3p]
How does Kane try to answer the luck objection?

The agent makes competing efforts, so whichever succeeds is willed and endorsed by her

Correct

The indeterminism occurs before deliberation begins, not during it

The answer is: The agent makes competing efforts, so whichever succeeds is willed and endorsed by her

Quantum effects in the brain have been measured

The answer is: The agent makes competing efforts, so whichever succeeds is willed and endorsed by her

Luck affects only trivial decisions

The answer is: The agent makes competing efforts, so whichever succeeds is willed and endorsed by her

7.[3p]
Match each libertarian family to its central claim.

Event-causal
Agent-causal
Non-causal

a basic action is the agent's own doing without needing to be caused at all
undetermined efforts within a divided will give plural voluntary control
the agent, as a substance, causes the decision without being caused to

Show the answer

Event-causal: undetermined efforts within a divided will give plural voluntary control Agent-causal: the agent, as a substance, causes the decision without being caused to Non-causal: a basic action is the agent's own doing without needing to be caused at all

8.[3p]
What is the timing problem for agent causation?

Nothing explains why the agent's causal power is exercised at one moment rather than another

Correct

Agents cannot cause events that occur later than themselves

The answer is: Nothing explains why the agent's causal power is exercised at one moment rather than another

Neural activity precedes the decision by half a second

The answer is: Nothing explains why the agent's causal power is exercised at one moment rather than another

Causes must be simultaneous with their effects

The answer is: Nothing explains why the agent's causal power is exercised at one moment rather than another

9.[2p]
What is van Inwagen's own combination of views?

Free will is real, the Consequence Argument is sound, determinism is false, and undetermined choice remains a mystery

Correct

Free will is an illusion and the argument proves it

The answer is: Free will is real, the Consequence Argument is sound, determinism is false, and undetermined choice remains a mystery

Compatibilism is true and the argument is invalid

The answer is: Free will is real, the Consequence Argument is sound, determinism is false, and undetermined choice remains a mystery

Agent causation solves the problem completely

The answer is: Free will is real, the Consequence Argument is sound, determinism is false, and undetermined choice remains a mystery

1.[3p] What must a libertarian deliver?

2.[3p] What does the rollback argument ask us to imagine?

3.[3p] If a decision comes out one way in 726 replays out of 1000, what is the argument's point?

4.[2p] The rollback argument applies to compatibilist accounts of decision as much as to libertarian ones.

5.[2p] What does Kane call the rare choices that confer freedom? Three words, starting "self".

6.[3p] How does Kane try to answer the luck objection?

7.[3p] Match each libertarian family to its central claim.

8.[3p] What is the timing problem for agent causation?

9.[2p] What is van Inwagen's own combination of views?

1.[3p]
What must a libertarian deliver?

2.[3p]
What does the rollback argument ask us to imagine?

3.[3p]
If a decision comes out one way in 726 replays out of 1000, what is the argument's point?

4.[2p]
The rollback argument applies to compatibilist accounts of decision as much as to libertarian ones.

5.[2p]
What does Kane call the rare choices that confer freedom? Three words, starting "self".

6.[3p]
How does Kane try to answer the luck objection?

7.[3p]
Match each libertarian family to its central claim.

8.[3p]
What is the timing problem for agent causation?

9.[2p]
What is van Inwagen's own combination of views?