Roderick, if you were aruguing with Jon on Mars, what would you have told him? I suppose that he would say that it that the events that were to follow were inevitable. But you’ve argued in favor of the free will hypothesis, and (if I recall correctly) that the deterministic theory is incoherent.
It’d just be good to see a review of Watchmen from a libertarian philosopher’s perspective.
Jon’s situation as described is incoherent — “I’m deciding to do X because I see that X is already what’s going to happen.” The direction of fit is messed up.
“The Comedian is dead.”
Roderick, if you were aruguing with Jon on Mars, what would you have told him? I suppose that he would say that it that the events that were to follow were inevitable. But you’ve argued in favor of the free will hypothesis, and (if I recall correctly) that the deterministic theory is incoherent.
It’d just be good to see a review of Watchmen from a libertarian philosopher’s perspective.
Jon’s situation as described is incoherent — “I’m deciding to do X because I see that X is already what’s going to happen.” The direction of fit is messed up.
Oh by the way, here’s the essay of mine on why I think determinism is incoherent.
There is a book, Watchmen and Philosophy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Watchmen-Philosophy-Rorschach-Blackwell-Culture/dp/0470396857/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234045247&sr=8-1
That’s a silly position. Free will cannot exist without determinism.
OK, I’ll bite; what’s the argument?
If determined how is will free?