2013/05/06 by John Maier, John T. Maier · 3 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · Arts and Humanities · #Free Will and Agency #Philosophy and Theoretical Science #Philosophical Ethics and Theory
paper · doi:10.1111/phpr.12038
A number of philosophical projects require a proper understanding of the modal aspects of agency, or of what I call ‘the agentive modalities.’ I propose a general account of the agentive modalities, one which takes as its primitive the decision‐theoretic notion of an option. I relate this account to the standard semantics for ‘can’ and to the viability of some positions in the free will debates.