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Planned Philosophical Review

Agency, Causa Sui, and the Conditions of Freedom

Addresses the free will debate by specifying what genuine agency requires structurally; argues the libertarian/compatibilist impasse is dissolved rather than decided.

Concepts employed

Conditions of Agency Full
Three-Layer Causa Sui Full
Freedom Structural
Disclosive / Structural Distinction Minimal

Claims defended

Genuine agency requires the three-layer causa sui structure

For a system to exercise genuine agency — as opposed to being either a determined mechanism or a random process — it mus…

Phenomena addressed