Beebee, H orcid.org/0000-0001-7650-3622, Svedberg, M and Whittle, A (2020) Nihil Obstat: Lewis's Compatibilist Account of Abilities. Monist: an international quarterly of general philosophical inquiry, 103 (3). pp. 245-261. ISSN 0026-9662
Abstract
In an outline of a paper found amongst his philosophical papers and correspondence after his untimely death in 2001-"Nihil Obstat: An Analysis of Ability,"reproduced in this volume-David Lewis sketched a new compatibilist account of abilities, according to which someone is able to A if and only if there is no obstacle to their A-ing, where an obstacle is a 'robust preventer' of their A-ing. In this paper, we provide some background context for Lewis's outline, a section-by-section commentary, and a general discussion of the account's main features.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2022 15:34 |
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2022 15:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/monist/onaa002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183968 |