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Analysis 2009 69(4):650-653; doi:10.1093/analys/anp101
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Why counterpart theory and modal realism are incompatible

Jim Stone

The University of New Orleans Louisiana, USA jstone@uno.edu

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I find a lost wallet containing the owner's address and a lot of cash. Shall I keep it or return it? Suppose I have the ‘liberty of indifference’: whatever I do, I could have done otherwise. Indeed, part of what is meant in saying I act freely is that either way what I do is up to me. And let's allow this liberty requires that my choice is not a logical consequence of the past and natural laws. If I return the wallet, I could have kept it without violating a law of nature or changing the past. Let's call this ‘situation S’ (where the liberty of indifference is part of S). Suppose I return the wallet.

Others are also in S: free people find lost wallets every day. Each of us can freely return the wallet we find. It doesn’t follow immediately that we can all return it, however. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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