The Expanded Consequence Argument and Humean Compatibilism

Humean compatibilists argue that determinism is compatible with leeway freedom. They refute one of the premises consequence argument we have no choice about laws nature, and they do this by arguing nature does not prevent us from doing otherwise necessity since are just regularities. One humean compatibilists, Bernald Berofsky, starts off his critique premise pointing out standard fails to deal relationship between physical mental. In order overcome deficit, he builds expanded argument, argues even has a corresponding false premise, namely matter what do, sentences representing true. At same time, accepts two supervenience theses: (i) (ii) physicalism, especially thesis mental properties strongly supervene on properties. article, I these theses, together reasonable inference rules, entail cannot choose than actually do. conclude Berofsky's defense compatibilism because would succeed without abandoning either or physicalism.