A timid response to the consequence argument

Philosophical Issues 33 (1):155-169 (2023)
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In this paper, I challenge the Consequence Argument for Incompatibilism by arguing that the inference principle it relies upon is not well motivated. The sorts of non-question-begging instances that might be offered in support of it fall short.

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