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    The will is free either to will the alternative put forth... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The will is not constrained by the intellect's judgment.

    The will is free either to will the alternative put forth by the intellect or to reject it and will something else.

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    No judgment of the intellect determines or compels the will's choice.The will is not constrained by the intellect's judgment.

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    Philip modifies this position (McCluskey 2001). He thinks that only the final activity of the intellect is performed freely, that is, the final judgment about what course of action to take. This is because Philip thinks that with respect to the previous activities of the intellect, activities such as identifying possible courses of action and deliberating over them, the intellect suffers from certain constraints. These constraints have to do with the structure of the world around us which in tu

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