Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-8941
Date of Award
Spring 5-14-2021
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Eddy Nahmias
Second Advisor
Andrea Scarantino
Third Advisor
Neil Van Leeuwen
Fourth Advisor
Edward Cox
Abstract
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.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/22725812
Recommended Citation
Turyn, Matthew, "Masked Abilities and Manipulation Arguments." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2021.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/22725812
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