Presentation: The Consequence Argument Meets the Mentaculus


Thursday, October 5, 2017
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM

 

Location:
Room 587, Humanities building
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Sponsor:
Philosophy Department
Contact:
Philosophy Department
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Phone:
(415) 338-1596

 

Barry Loewer, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, presents his paper, "The Consequence Argument Meets the Mentaculus." The paper addresses how statistical mechanics undermines the van Inwagen consequence argument that free choice and determinism are incompatible. A question-and-answer session will follow.

 

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