Disarming causation in the service of agency: Tallis on Hume

Human Affairs 32 (4):373-388 (2022)
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I argue that, in his effort to overcome causation as an obstacle to agency or free will, Raymond Tallis’ self-described “Humean” re-working of David Hume’s analysis of causation falters on historicotextual and conceptual grounds.

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