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In this video I speak with Richard Holton, who is a professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, and an expert on Free Will. We discuss positions on the free will debate, compatibilism, what free will deniers get wrong about science and philosophy, libertarianism, and my own views on free will as presented in an earlier video. I hope you enjoy!
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0:00:00 - Introduction
0:01:16 - A summary of the views on free will
0:06:45 - What philosophy tries to answer in the debate
0:10:00 - What kind of free will do you think we have?
0:17:22 - Two kinds of determinism
0:25:29 - Free will that fits with materialism
0:30:40 - Compatibilist theories of free will and their problems
0:36:25 - The psychology of decisions
0:47:56 - Reasons and decision making
0:54:30 - Free will and moral responsibility
0:59:50 - Discussing my free will theory
1:10:33 - Free will and the determinism 'problem'
1:23:33 - How free will is compatible with determinism
1:39:58 - The irrelevance of arguments from neuroscience
1:53:02 - The irrelevance of arguments from sociology
1:55:20 - Libertarian theories of free will and their problems
2:04:58 - Do reasons precede or follow from decisions?
2:08:54 - How is libertarianism different from compatibilism?
2:13:18 - Discussing my libertarian theory
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I am a graduate of Cambridge University with a PhD in Philosophy. My thesis was on the nature of truth, and I specialise in metaphysics, logic, and the history of analytic philosophy. I believe philosophy should be made accessible to the curious and philosophers have a duty to reenter the public debate on the questions of importance to our age. This channel is my attempt to do that!
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