God’s Foreknowledge and Human Freedom: A Compatibilist Solution Project


SEMINAr
The Many Faces of Compatibilism
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Philosophy
2023-24 academic year
Wednesdays, 4.45 p.m. – 6.15 p.m., room 216 in the Old Library building on the Main Campus
The seminar discusses three major types of compatibilism, that is, physical (nomological), logical, and theological. According to physical compatibilism, free will and moral responsibility are compatible with physical determinism. Logical compatibilists claim that there is no contradiction between human freedom and the fact that all true propositions about our acts have always been true, i.e., they were true even before we were born. Within the framework of theological compatibilism, we are able to do otherwise even if there exists essentially omniscient God. Various arguments for and against the indicated versions of compatibilism are examined, and the interconnections between all three debates are pondered. In particular, selected aspects of P. van Inwagen’s arguments for incompatibilism, D. Lewis’s local miracle compatibilism, and J.M. Fischer’s views are subject to scrutiny.
Seminar Guest Speaker:
Dr. Patrick Todd
Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh
"Foreknowledge and the Fixity of the Past"
18 January 2024,4.45 p.m.,room 216 in the Old Library building on the Main Campus
Seminar Guest Speaker:
Dr. Patrick Todd
Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh
"Foreknowledge and the Fixity of the Past"
18 January 2024, 4.45 p.m., room 216 in the Old Library building on the Main Campus
(C) Filip Kawczyński 2023