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Does the Problem of Free Will Exist? An Attempt to Connect the Issue of the Principle of Individuation with the Problem of Free Will in the Context of St. Augustine’s Theory of Will
Krzysztof Piętak
Abstract
The problem of free will is extremely hard to approach in an appropriate way. In the second and the third section of this article, I provide historical and substantial reasons for this claim. In the fourth section, I attempt to show that the course of the debate about free will in contemporary analytical philosophy constitutes both an illustration and a confirmation of the diagnosis made in the second and the third section. In the fifth section, I argue for the importance of Saint Augustine’s account of free will for the history of the problem. I also attempt to show that for this thinker the problem of free will was in fact identical with the problem of the principle of individuation.
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Saint Augustine, Peter Inwagen, free will, principle of individuationDetails
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