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Not really very much. Vic: As for what I conceded: it's about the stuff on p. 91 of TES. John wrote and pointed out that what I said...

It is of course true that a belief, in order to be justified, needs to have been formed and sustained by a reliable epistemic practice. But ...

Hasker's argument against the compatibility of foreknowledge and freedom. •Arguments against the compatibility of foreknowledge and free...

But science as a total worldview—the idea that science can tell us everything there is to know about what reality consists of, enjoys no suc...

I am reposting the content of this passage, which I have posted before, but am leaving out the discussion in the comments, which reflected s...

This is a well-known essay by Bill Hasker.

The value of free will does not end there. All sorts of relationships acquire special value because they involve love, trust, and affection ...

Can't recommend this one enough.

I. Why should we reject determinism and accept libertarian free will A. Our experience of choice. “This experience seems to carry with it th...

A redated post My argument is going to be an argument from cosmic injustice. No matter how the "freedom" is described, in the fina...

A redated post Hasker consider the case for determinism Two misconceptions about determinism 1) Determinism means that people do not ma...

Also a redated post Anon 1: These are interesting responses. Of course Max can't prevent what does happen. That isn't what libertari...

This is a redated post also. Hasker provides a definition of compatibilism or soft determinism There is no logical inconsistency between fre...

A redated post. William Hasker, who is not a Cartesian dualist, thinks so. The hoariest objection specifically to Cartesian dualism (but o...

Since Mark Frank has raised the issue that dualism has a problem dealing with the possibility of mind-body interaction, I thought I should l...

What would the naturalist have to accept, in order to accommodate the demands of reason at this point? At minimum, the naturalist must accep...

My question for Paul Draper on the Internet Infidels God or Blind Nature debate In your reply to Plantinga, you maintain that a “sensible na...

Does functionalism solve the problem of intentionality, even though it may have trouble with qualia? William Hasker says no.

In this passage from Hasker, which I feature of DI2, Hasker describes propositional mental states, and he maintains, that there are proposit...