Problem
Answer each of the eight questions below after reading Read Chapters 1-2 of A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will, by Robert Kane.
A. What's the difference between what Kane refers to as "surface" freedoms and the deeper kind of freedom he discusses, and why should we want the latter? (pp. 2-4)
B. What is the core idea shared by all doctrines of determinism? (pp. 5-6)
C. What does free will require and why does determinism appear to threaten it? (pp. 6-7)
D. What are the four reasons why indeterministic developments in modern physics have not disposed of traditional concerns about free will and determinism? (pp. 8-10)
E. What sorts of things are threats to free will, according to the compatibilist? (p.13)
F. How does the compatibilist propose to account for the deeper sort of freedom that some think is required for freedom of the will? (pp. 14-15)
G. Why does the compatibilist think that the deeper sort of freedom (that some think is required for freedom of the will) is incoherent? (p. 16)
H. What are the five common ways in which determinism is confused with things that are genuine threats to freedom of the will? (pp. 18-21)