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| Episode 120: Nonbasic Action with Mikayla Kelley | 25 May 2026 | 00:35:07 | |
In this episode, we talk Mikayla Kelley about the distinction between basic and nonbasic action and different accounts of nonbasic action. Mikayla's website: https://www.mikaylakelley.com/ Mikayla's paper: How to Perform a Nonbasic Action Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 119: Self-Prediction and Time Travel with Alison Fernandes | 11 May 2026 | 00:38:19 | |
In this episode, we talk with Alison Fernandes about cases of time travel and how knowledge constrains deliberation. Alison's website: http://www.alisonfernandes.net/ Alison's paper, "Freedom, Self-Prediction, and the Possibility of Time Travel": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11098-018-1181-9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 118: Physics and Libertarian Free Will with Jeffrey Koperski | 27 Apr 2026 | 00:39:05 | |
In this episode, we talk with Jeffrey Koperski about whether physics rules out libertarian free will. Jeff's website: https://appsc2.svsu.edu/lookup/bio/koperski Jeff's book: Physics and Free Will: The Science of Libertarian Freedom Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 117: The Structure of Agency with Joshua Shepherd | 13 Apr 2026 | 00:35:06 | |
In this episode, we talk with Joshua Shepherd about the structure of agency and creative intelligence. Josh's website: https://sites.google.com/site/shepherdphilosophy/home?authuser=0 Josh's Book: The Shape of Agency Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 116: The Simulation Hypothesis and Free Will with Marcus Arvan | 30 Mar 2026 | 00:43:54 | |
In this episode, we talk with Marcus Arvan about how the simulation hypothesis explains various philosophical phenomena, including free will. Marcus's website: https://www.marcusarvan.net/ Marcus's paper: A New Theory of Free Will Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 115: Abilities with Barbara Vetter | 16 Mar 2026 | 01:04:23 | |
In this episode, we talk with Barbara Vetter about abilities and how we come to know what abilities we have. Barbara's website: http://barbaravetter.de/ Barbara's first book, Potentiality: From Dispositions to Modality: https://academic.oup.com/book/26364?login=false Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 114: Responsibility for Consequences and the AI Responsibility Gap with Huzeyfe Demirtas | 02 Mar 2026 | 00:43:52 | |
In this episode, we talk with Huzeyfe Demirtas about responsibility for consequences and how that relates to autonomous AI systems. Huzeyfe's Website: https://www.huzeyfedemirtas.com/ Huzeyfe's paper, "Against the Degree-Scope Response to Moral Luck, or A Farewell to Responsibility for Consequences": https://philpapers.org/rec/DEMATD-7 Huzeyfe's paper, "AI Responsibility Gap: Not New, Inevitable, Unproblematic": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09814-1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 113: Determinism and the Principle of Sufficient Reason with Shaun Nichols | 16 Feb 2026 | 00:40:48 | |
In this episode, we talk with Shaun Nichols about folk beliefs about determinism and causal explanation. Shaun's website: https://sites.google.com/view/shaunbnichols/home Shaun's book, Bound: Essays on Free Will and Responsibility: https://academic.oup.com/book/9296 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 112: Divine Luck with Andre Leo Rusavuk | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:36:01 | |
In this episode, we talk with Andre Rusavuk about the problem of divine luck. Andre's website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/andre-rusavuk Andre's paper, "Divine Actions and the Challenge of Present Luck": https://place.asburyseminary.edu/faithandphilosophy/vol40/iss3/1/ Andre's paper, "The Luckiest of All Possible Beings: Divine Perfections and Constitutive Luck": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11841-023-00960-5 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 111: Divine Responsibility with Nathan Bray and Stephen Kershnar | 19 Jan 2026 | 00:32:54 | |
This episode starts a new series of the podcast that won’t have any particular guiding theme but instead looks at various topics that scholars are working on. In this episode, we talk with Nathan Bray and Stephen Kershnar about whether God is morally responsible. Nathan's Website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/nathan-bray-1 Stephen's Website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/stephen-kershnar Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 110: John Duns Scotus with Thomas Williams | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:51:51 | |
In this episode, we talk with Thomas Williams about John Duns Scotus and his views on free will and how they differ from Anselm's and Aquinas's views. Thomas's website: https://www.profthomaswilliams.com/ Thomas's chapter on Scotus's views of free will can be found in the Routledge Companion to Free Will Thomas also wrote the SEP article: John Duns Scotus Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 109: Thomas Aquinas with Harm Goris | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:43:43 | |
In this episode, we talk with Harm Goris about Thomas Aquinas’s views of free will and human agency. Harm's website: https://tilburguniversity.academia.edu/HarmGoris Harm's chapter on Aquinas can be found in the Routledge Companion to Free Will. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 108: Anselm of Canterbury with Sandra Visser | 24 Nov 2025 | 00:35:31 | |
In this episode, we talk with Sandra Visser about Anselm of Canterbury and his views on human and divine freedom. Sandra's website: https://hope.edu/directory/people/visser-sandra/index.html Sandra's chapter on Anselm in the Routledge Companion to Free Will: https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Free-Will/Timpe-Griffith-Levy/p/book/9780367869977 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 107: Ibn Sīnā with Jon McGinnis | 10 Nov 2025 | 01:01:50 | |
In this episode, we talk with Jon McGinnis about Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) and his views about divine and human agency. Jon's website: https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/jon-mcginnis Jon's book, Avicenna: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/avicenna-9780195331479?cc=us&lang=en& Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 106: Boethius with John Marenbon | 27 Oct 2025 | 00:45:06 | |
In this episode, we talk with John Marenbon about free will and foreknowledge in Boethius's most famous work, the Consolation of Philosophy. John's PhilPeople profile: https://philpeople.org/profiles/john-marenbon John's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Boethius: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/boethius/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 105: Augustine of Hippo with Jesse Couenhoven | 13 Oct 2025 | 01:06:23 | |
In this episode, we talk with Jesse Coeuenhoven about Augustine’s views on free will, moral responsibility, and predestination. Jesse's website: https://www1.villanova.edu/university/liberal-arts-sciences/programs/theology/faculty/biodetail.html?mail=jesse.couenhoven@villanova.edu&xsl=bio_long Jesse's book: Striken by Sin, Cured by Christ: Agency, Necessity, and Culpability in Augustinian Theology Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 104: Plotinus with Anna Viatkina | 29 Sep 2025 | 01:01:05 | |
In this episode, we talk with Anna Viatkina about Plotinus’s views on freedom and moral responsibility and how they relate to ancient Stoic and contemporary rational abilities views. Anna's Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KJmxq2gAAAAJ&hl=ru Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 103: Epicureanism and Stoicism with Tim O'Keefe | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:46:05 | |
In this episode, we talk with Tim O'Keefe about Epicurean and Stoic views of freedom and determinism. Tim's website: https://philpeople.org/profiles/tim-o-keefe Tim's book, Epicurus on Freedom: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/epicurus-on-freedom/F5058A8C45DB77CE70CA0BF56A3116F9 Tim's entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on "Ancient Theories of Freedom and Determinism": https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freedom-ancient/
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| Episode 102: Aristotle with Susan Sauvé Meyer | 01 Sep 2025 | 00:34:47 | |
In this episode, we talk with Susan Sauvé Meyer about Aristotle’s views on moral responsibility, especially his conception of voluntariness. Susan's website: https://philosophy.sas.upenn.edu/people/susan-sauv%C3%A9-meyer Susan's book: How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 101: Plato with Eric Brown | 18 Aug 2025 | 00:39:03 | |
In this episode, we talk with Eric Brown about Plato’s views on freedom, moral psychology, and responsibility. Eric's website: https://sites.google.com/view/ericbrownphilosophy/home Eric’s entry on Plato’s Republic in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-ethics-politics/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 100: P. F. Strawson’s “Freedom and Resentment” and Ethical Naturalism with Pamela Hieronymi | 26 May 2025 | 00:56:16 | |
In this episode, we talk with Pamela Hieronymi about P. F. Strawson’s classic paper “Freedom and Resentment,” his ethical naturalism, and her recent Gifford Lectures. Pamela's website: https://hieronymi.humspace.ucla.edu/ Pamela's book: Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 99: Addiction and Moral Responsibility with Chandra Sripada | 12 May 2025 | 00:47:19 | |
In this episode we talk with Chandra Sripada about the distortion model of addiction and how it is different from the standard, desire based model. Chandra's website: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/sripada/ Chandra's paper: Impaired control in addiction involves cognitive distortions and unreliable self-control, not compulsive desires and overwhelmed self-control Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 98: Taking Responsibility with Elinor Mason | 28 Apr 2025 | 00:36:52 | |
In this episode, we talk with Elinor Mason about her work on taking responsibility and how it differs from other ways of being blameworthy. Elinore's website: https://sites.google.com/site/elinormasonphilosophy/home Elinore's book: Ways to Be Blameworthy Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 97: Intention and Memory with Wayne Wu | 14 Apr 2025 | 00:43:44 | |
In this episode, we talk with Wayne Wu about his work on automaticity, attention, and memory in the philosophy of action. Wayne's website: https://www.waynewu.net/ Wayne's book, Movements of the Mind: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/movements-of-the-mind-9780192866899 Wayne's new book, Attention: https://www.routledge.com/Attention/Wu/p/book/9781032121772 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 96: The Problem of Blame with Kelly McCormick | 31 Mar 2025 | 01:01:46 | |
In this episode we talk to Kelly McCormick about the problem of blame and her reasons for thinking that we shouldn’t eliminate blame from our lives. Kelly's website: https://addran.tcu.edu/view/kelly-mccormick Kelly's book: The Problem of Blame Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 95: Experimental Philosophy and Free Will with Eddy Nahmias | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:59:14 | |
In this episode, we talk with Eddy Nahmias about the experimental philosophy of free will and his own compatibilist view. Eddy's Website: https://eddynahmias.com/ Eddy's paper (with Nadelhoffer and Morris): Is Incompatibilism Intuitive? Eddy's paper with Oisin Deery: Why the Manipulation Argument Fails: Determinism Does Not Entail Perfect Prediction Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 94: Time Travel and Free Will with Neal Tognazzini | 24 Feb 2025 | 01:01:07 | |
In this episode, we talk with Neal Tognazzini about time travel and free will as well as some non-standard threats to free will from other areas of metaphysics. Neal's website: https://sites.google.com/view/neal-tognazzini/home?authuser=0 Neal's paper (with Andrew Law), "Free Will and Two Local Determinisms": https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10670-018-9992-9 Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 93: Basic Responsibility with Matt King | 10 Feb 2025 | 00:47:27 | |
In this episode, we talk with Matt King about various kinds of responsibility and how they all share in what he calls the basic responsibility relation. Matt's website: https://dr-matt-king.squarespace.com/ Matt's book: Simply Responsible Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow | |||
| Episode 92: The Paradox of Moral Education with Sabrina Little | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:30:14 | |
In this episode, we talk with Sabrina Little about a puzzle about free will in the context of moral education. Sabrina's website: https://sabrinalittle.com/ | |||
| Episode 91: Agency Incompatibilism with Helen Steward | 13 Jan 2025 | 00:41:59 | |
In this episode, we talk with Helen Steward about her view that agency itself, not just free agency, is incompatible with determinism. | |||
| Episode 90: Sin and Free Will with Leigh Vicens | 23 Dec 2024 | 00:31:53 | |
In this episode, we talk with Leigh Vicens about what she calls the puzzle of sin and free will in Christianity. We consider how compatibilists, libertarians, and free will skeptics might respond to the puzzle. | |||
| Episode 89: Free Will in Heaven with Benjamin Matheson | 09 Dec 2024 | 00:37:01 | |
In this episode we talk with Benjamin Matheson about various problems concerning both compatibilist and libertarian free will in heaven. | |||
| Episode 88: Divine Freedom with Thomas Ward | 25 Nov 2024 | 00:54:22 | |
In this episode, we talk with Tom Ward about divine free will, focusing on Duns Scotus's view of divine free will and the act of creation. | |||
| Episode 87: Grace and Free Will with Kevin Timpe | 11 Nov 2024 | 00:40:25 | |
In this episode, we talk with Kevin Timpe about grace and free will, focusing on a puzzle that arises for the Christian view of divine grace towards fallen human beings. | |||
| Episode 86: God, Purpose, and Reality with John Bishop and Ken Perszyk | 28 Oct 2024 | 01:06:25 | |
In this episode we talk with John Bishop and Ken Perszyk about the euteleological understanding of theism, which is an alternative to personal theism. | |||
| Episode 85: Petitionary Prayer and Free Will with Scott Davison | 14 Oct 2024 | 00:38:27 | |
In this episode, we talk with Scott Davison about petitionary prayer. We begin with what petitionary prayer is, and then we discuss challenges to petitionary prayer from divine free will. | |||
| Episode 84: Free Will and Providence with Alan Rhoda | 30 Sep 2024 | 00:47:31 | |
In this episode, we talk with Alan Rhoda about the strengths and weaknesses of various models of divine providence and free will. | |||
| Episode 83: Divine Causation and Creaturely Action with Gloria Frost | 16 Sep 2024 | 00:31:11 | |
In this episode, we talk with Gloria Frost about various views of divine causation of creaturely action, focusing on three views from the medieval period. | |||
| Episode 82: Compatibilism and the Problem of Evil with Jason Turner | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:39:18 | |
In this episode, we talk with Jason Turner about whether certain kinds of compatibilists can use the free will defense in response to the problem of evil. | |||
| Episode 81: Free Will and the Problem of Evil with Daniel Speak | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:49:57 | |
This ninth season of the podcast will explore topics on free will and theology. In this episode, we talk with Dan Speak about free will and the problem of evil. | |||
| Episode 80: Instrumentalist Accounts of Moral Responsibility with Anneli Jefferson | 30 May 2024 | 00:45:38 | |
In this episode, we talk with Anneli Jefferson about instrumentalist accounts of moral responsibility and some challenges for the view, including issues related to blaming the dead. | |||
| Episode 79: Neuroethics and Moral Responsibility with Josh May | 06 May 2024 | 00:34:56 | |
In this episode, we talk with Josh May about issues in neuroethics and the law and also about mental disorders and moral responsibility. | |||
| Episode 78: Narrative and Moral Responsibility with Meghan Griffith | 22 Apr 2024 | 00:49:16 | |
In this episode, we talk with Meghan Griffith about developing a narrative capacity and how it relates to becoming morally responsible. Megan's website: https://www.davidson.edu/people/meghan-griffith | |||
| The Free Will Show Book Trailer | 15 Apr 2024 | 00:06:59 | |
Cohosts Taylor Cyr and Matt Flummer describe their new book How Free Are We? Conversations from the Free Will Show. Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/ | |||
| Episode 77: Ambivalence with Justin Coates | 08 Apr 2024 | 00:44:58 | |
In this episode we talk with Justin Coates about the nature of ambivalence and arguments for and against it. | |||
| Episode 76: The Standing to Punish with Tommie Shelby | 25 Mar 2024 | 00:38:32 | |
In this episode, we talk with Tommie Shelby about whether and when states lack the standing to punish. We also discuss Tommie's book on prison abolitionism, which makes the case for prison reform without accepting that incarceration is illegitimate. Tommie's website: https://www.tommieshelby.com/ | |||
| Episode 75: Group Responsibility and Historicism with Stephanie Collins and Niels de Haan | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:50:38 | |
In this episode, we talk with Stephanie Collins and Niels de Haan about whether structuralism or historicism best accounts for group responsibility. | |||
| Episode 74: Omissions and Moral Luck with Joseph Metz | 26 Feb 2024 | 00:36:43 | |
In this episode, we talk with Joseph Metz about moral luck and responsibility for omissions. | |||
| Episode 73: Corporate Criminal Responsibility with Mihailis Diamantis | 12 Feb 2024 | 00:50:02 | |
In this episode, we talk with Mihailis Diamantis about the nature of corporations and some similarities between corporate and individual criminal responsibility. Mihailis's paper, "Corporate Criminal Minds": https://ndlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NDL509.pdf | |||
| Episode 72: Crime and Reparations with Raff Donelson | 29 Jan 2024 | 00:31:22 | |
In this episode, we talk with Raff Donelson about several different topics, including his response to free will skepticism, whether its okay to make people responsible to make reparations for historical injustices, and his recent work on medieval criminal trials involving non-human animals. | |||