Derk Pereboom
Philosophy professor specializing in free will and moral responsibility, author of Living Without Free Will and Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life, and a frequent contributor to debates on incompatibilism.
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Oct 26, 2020 • 51min
Episode 8: The Manipulation Argument with Derk Pereboom
Derk Pereboom, a philosophy professor known for arguing against free will, briefly outlines the manipulation argument. He walks through his Four-Case strategy and Mele’s zygote thought experiment. Short, vivid thought experiments about neural, social, and early-life manipulation move intuitions toward skepticism about basic-desert responsibility.
