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Masked Abilities and Manipulation Arguments

Turyn, Matthew
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Dispositional accounts of free will provide a promising avenue for compatibilists about free will and determinism to respond to manipulation arguments, but requires an adequate account of masked and finkish abilities. In this thesis, I argue that an account of masked dispositions that addresses the context sensitivity, gradability, and dispositional quality of masks can allow dispositional compatibilists to level viable responses to various manipulation arguments. I address my response towards both Pereboom’s and Mele’s manipulation arguments.

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2021-05-14
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Free will, Dispositions, Manipulation arguments
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Turyn, Matthew. "Masked Abilities and Manipulation Arguments." 2021. Thesis, Georgia State University. https://doi.org/10.57709/22725812
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2021-04-30
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