Abstract Pereboom’s ‘wild coincidences’ argument against agent-causal libertarianism is based on the claim that in a world governed by statistical laws, dovetailing of indeterministic physical happenings with free actions agent causes would be coincidence too wild to credible. In this paper it shown conclusion valid for deterministic but fails laws. Therefore, does not provide promised empirica...

In his response to Szasz' Secular Humanism and Scientific Psychiatry, the author considers the use of rhetorical devices in Szasz' work, Szasz' avoidance of acknowledging psychiatry's scientific distinctions, and Szaszian libertarianism versus liberalism.

The ambivalence of meanings in the postmodern theories accentuates hermeneutic interpretation concepts: new “cosmic meanings” have changed world picture quite a revolutionary way. Though views on postmodernism are contradictory, principle importance is idea that there some valid “inventions”, which given meaning to this term; politics, it rise neoliberalism and libertarianism. Thus, paper aims ...

This essay considers the ideological context of blockchain technology. technology is often celebrated for its potential decentralization, distribution, privacy, and a lack intermediaries coordinators transactions general governance. Because these features, technology, and, in particular, most famous inauguration—the bitcoin blockchain—is frequently identified with libertarianism. In this essay,...

In his well-known introduction to contemporary political philosophy,1 Will Kymlicka includes a substantial chapter on libertarianism, plus a preface and introduction that are also relevant to the topic. These sections are likely to help form many readers’ opinions regarding libertarian political philosophy. Unfortunately, many of Kymlicka’s assumptions and arguments seem to me to be crucially m...

In his (2004), Randolph Clarke assesses an important version of an influential argument against libertarianism about metaphysical freedom. Clarke calls the anti-libertarian argument he evaluates the Contrast Argument. It targets the following claim: there could be an undetermined free act done by S such that S would have freely done something else had S not done the act in question. This modal ...