Libertarianism about free will
We can make genuine choices that prior conditions do not necessitate.
What it claims
Libertarianism about free will accepts incompatibilism: freedom and determinism cannot both hold in the relevant sense. It nevertheless affirms freedom, so at least some decisions are not necessitated by preceding events. The agent realizes one of genuinely open possibilities.
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Key thinkers
Roderick Chisholm · Peter van Inwagen · Robert Kane · Timothy O'Connor