Date of Award
5-3-2017
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Eric Wilson
Second Advisor
Sebastian Rand
Third Advisor
Eddy Nahmias
Abstract
Whether Kant’s account of free will is coherent or not depends upon how we interpret him. On the one hand, if we understand Kant as providing some metaphysical solution to the problem of free will, which secures the reality of free will for agents, then his account seems to be incoherent. One the other hand, if we understand Kant’s account as merely providing a defense of the assumption, or idea of freedom for practical purposes, then his account seems to be useful and coherent. I will argue that the latter account of free will is the one that Kant provides in his works, and will illustrate how this account might shed light on to our epistemic limits and our nature as human beings.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/10000898
Recommended Citation
Dumond, Paul, "Is Kant's Account of Free Will Coherent?." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2017.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/10000898