PHIL 1550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Daniel Dennett, Galen Strawson, Freedom Evolves
12 Jun 2020
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In order to maintain this position, dennett needs to redefine free will . Free will needs to exist in a deterministic and physical world. Free will needs to legitimize moral responsibility practices: the old definition of free will", dennett uses a quote from his old friend fodor to illustrate the traditional conception of free will: One wants to be what tradition has it, what eve was when she bit the apple, perfectly free to do otherwise, so perfectly free that even god couldn"t tell which way she"d jump. Dennett doesn"t establish the kind of absolute free will and moral responsibility that most people want to believe in and do believe in. : dennett responds: If you just let the pitch hit you then you are awarded first base and that forces in a run in and your team wins. But it is going to hurt, so your natural tendency is to duck.
