Philosophy Exam 3
According to which of the following views is compatibilism false? (Choose all that apply.)
B. libertarianism C. hard determinism
According to John Fischer and Mark Ravizza, free will requires _____ control.
guidance
Suppose someone believes that incompatibilism and indeterminism are both false. This person is probably a _____.
hard deterministic
Which of the following is an example of a first-order desire?
i want to eat the pizza
Simple indeterminism is _____ with the principle of universal causation.
incompatibile
Agent-causal libertarianism is a version of _____.
incompatibilism
Event-causal libertarianism is a version of _____.
incompatibilism
Hard determinism is a version of _____.
incompatibilism
Libertarianism is a version of _____.
incompatibilism
The consequence argument is an argument for _____.
incompatibilism
Agent-causal libertarianism is _____ with determinism.
incompatible
Event-causal libertarianism is _____ with determinism.
incompatible
According to _____, free will consists in the unhindered ability to do what one wants.
classical compatibilism
David Hume is a proponent of _____.
classical compatibilism
John Fischer is a proponent of _____.
compatabilism
Harry Frankfurt is a proponent of _____.
compatibilism
Soft determinism is a version of _____.
compatibilism
The deep self view is a version of _____.
compatibilism
The real self view is a version of _____.
compatibilism
The reason view is a version of _____.
compatibilism
The reasons-responsiveness view is a version of _____.
compatibilism
Thomas Hobbes is a proponent of _____.
compatibilism
According to _____, the past and the laws of nature necessiate a unique future
determinism
According to incompatibilism, free will is incompatible with _____. (Choose all that apply.)
determinism
According to source incompatibilism, free will is incompatible with _____. (Choose all that apply.)
determinism
According to traditional incompatibilism, free will is incompatible with _____. (Choose all that apply.)
determinism
Which of the following theories relies on the notion of indeterministic causation?
event-causal libertarianism
Using the analogy of steering a car, _____ control means being able to steer the car to the right or to the left.
regulative control
Which kind of control requires alternative possibilities (i.e., the ability to do otherwise)?
regulative control
Harry Frankfurt _____ the principle of alternative possibilities.
rejects
Which of the following is an example of a second-order desire?
I want to want to eat the pizza
Which of the following is the principle of alternative possibilities?
A person acts freely (and morally responsibly) only if she can do otherwise.
What is the purpose of a Frankfurt-style counterexample?
To show that a person can act freely (and morally responsibly) even if she cannot do otherwise.
What is the purpose of a Frankfurt-style counterexample?
To show that the principle of alternative possibilities is false.
Most classical compatibilists _____ the conditional analysis of "could have done otherwise."
accept
Most traditional compatibilists _____ the conditional analysis of "could have done otherwise."
accept
Which of the following theories relies on the notion of substance causation?
agent-causal libertarianism
Suppose someone believes that compatibilism and determinism are both false. This person is probably a _____.
libertarian
According to which of the following views is indeterminism true? (Choose all that apply.)
libertarianism
The problem of luck is a potential problem for _____.
libertarianism
Strictly speaking, determinism is logically _____ to the principle of universal causation.
nonequivalent
According to which of the following views do we have free will? (Choose all that apply.)
soft determinism
According to which of the following views is incompatibilism false? (Choose all that apply.)
solft determinism
John Fischer is a proponent of _____.
the reason responsiveness view
Which of the following theories relies on the notion of guidance control?
the reason responsiveness view
According to _____, free will consists in being appropriately sensitive to good reasons.
the reason responsivness view
According to _____, free will consists, in part, in having access to "the good" and "the true" (in other words, being able to do the right thing for the right reasons).
the reason view
Susan Wolf is a proponent of _____.
the reason view
Which of the following theories relies on the notions of "the good" and "the true"?
the reason view
According to Susan Wolf, the ability to do otherwise matters, but only with respect to _____.
wrong actions and blameworthiness
