Liu, Chuang (2006) How we can be free from physics. [Preprint]
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Our discussion in the first five sections shows that little new can be said about compatibilism, that van Inwagen's argument for incompatibilism still stands, and that the view of free agency for a libertarian has little chance unless she believes that agency contains elements that are not within the natural order. Borrowing from a suggestion from Russell we expanded the Nozick-Kane model of libertarian free agency and connected it to the Wignerian interpretation of quantum measurement. As such, free decisions and choices may well violate the Born rule of probability distribution and yet it is shown how such violations are unlikely to be detected in experiments. This model is probably the only model in which Loewer's van Inwagen style argument for the incompatibility between free agency and quantum indeterminism does not apply, and it is a model in which free agency is not only compatible but necessary. It is compatible with indeterminism and it is necessary for the determinateness of any measurement outcomes.
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| Keywords: | determinism, indeterminism,causation, free will, libertarianism, laws of nature, quantum measurement,Wignerian interpretation, objective chance | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Causation General Issues > Rhetoric of Science General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Chuang Liu | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2006 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:14 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 3017 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Ethical Issues General Issues > Laws of Nature General Issues > Causation General Issues > Rhetoric of Science General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | October 2006 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3017 |
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