Graduation Year
2014
Date of Submission
12-2014
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
Reader 1
Stephen T. Davis
Rights Information
© 2014 Eoin Whitney
Abstract
An argument for the compatibility of causal determinism and free will. Draws on recently conducted philosophical experimentation related to intuition and development of the intuition of agent-causal accounts of free will in children. Argues that regardless of the intuition held, the manner in which people arise to these intuitions shows that the working definition of free will is different than people posit. Lays groundwork for why the working definition of free will is compatible with causal determinism.
Recommended Citation
Whitney, Eoin, "Compatibilism of Causal Determinism and Free Will" (2014). CMC Senior Theses. 1017.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1017
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
