Christopher Evan Franklin is a contemporary analytic philosopher specializing in free will, moral responsibility, and metaphysics. He is best known for defending a minimalist form of libertarian free will, arguing that agent causation can be grounded in event-causal terms without positing irreducible metaphysical primitives. His work bridges the traditional divide between compatibilist and libertarian positions by focusing on the conditions necessary for genuine alternative possibilities.
Developed 'minimal libertarianism,' a deflationary account of agent causation reducible to event-causal structure
Argued that free will debates are inextricably linked to both metaphysical and ethical commitments
Authored A Minimal Libertarianism: Free Will and the Promise of Reduction (2018)
Contributed to debates on sourcehood, leeway incompatibilism, and the conditions for moral responsibility
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