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    It is not the case that An appeal to libertarian free will is problematic.

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    • 1.Agent-causal accounts (Chisholm, O'Connor) provide coherent frameworks for libertarian free will grounded in substance causation.
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    • 2.The absence of consensus on a concept does not establish that the concept is incoherent or philosophically unusable.
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    • 3.Theists need only show libertarian free will is possible, not that a complete theory has been settled, for the defense to succeed.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense requires only the logical possibility of libertarian freedom, not a fully developed metaphysical account.
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    • 2.Demanding a complete theory before invoking a concept would invalidate most philosophical arguments, including compatibilist ones used against the defense.
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    Reasons Against

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    • No satisfactory account of the concept of libertarian free will is yet available.
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