Did you know that free-will philosophers regularly conflate relations which are as different in kind and significance as spurious correlation and causation? Did you know that this has led philosophers (even in x-phi) to engage in fallacious cum hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning and sophistical motte-and-baileying? It has also led to widespread confusion about the logical structures and conclusions of the most famous arguments in the debate. For example, Galen Strawson's Basic Argument, Neil Levy's Luck-Pincer Argument, and my Master Manipulation Argument are all arguments against BOTH the "compatibilist" view that it is possible to act freely wh…

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