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    Peter van Inwagen argues that in indeterministic contexts... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The fortune teller's predictive accuracy can be explained without appealing to knowledge of the player's future choice.

    Peter van Inwagen argues that in indeterministic contexts, no amount of prior physical information logically entails a specific future choice.

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    • 1.Indeterminism means physical states don't determine future outcomes, so no physical facts alone can logically entail specific results.
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    • 2.If prior information logically entailed choices, agents would lack libertarian free will and moral responsibility would be undermined.
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    • 3.Logical entailment requires necessity; probabilistic determination is insufficient, and physics only provides probabilities in quantum contexts.
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    • 1.Van Inwagen conflates logical entailment with causal determination; indeterminism needn't prevent causation by prior physical facts.
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    • 2.If no physical information entails choices, choices seem causally disconnected from reasons, making deliberation and agency incoherent.
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    • 3.The argument proves too much: it would apply equally to determinism and indeterminism, failing to establish a distinctive libertarian claim.
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