Scott Sehon is a contemporary analytic philosopher at Bowdoin College whose work focuses on philosophy of action, free will, and teleological explanation. He has argued that disputes about free will cannot be cleanly separated from broader commitments in metaphysics and ethics. His book-length treatment of teleological explanation defends a realist account of purposive explanation in the philosophy of mind and action.
Defended teleological realism about intentional action and purposive explanation
Argued that free will debates are inextricably entangled with metaphysical and ethical commitments
Authored systematic treatments of agency, mind, and explanation in the analytic tradition
Contributed to debates on compatibilism and the conditions for moral responsibility
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