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In reply to Michael Brazier. “…while the George Floyd riots didn’t manage the level of destruction caused by an aerial bombing campaign (so you can justly say I exaggerated) that doesn’t mean they were harmless.” Nobody said the George Floyd prot…

EPICURUS ON FREEDOM Tim O’Keefe “In this book, Tim O’Keefe reconstructs the theory of freedom of Epicurus. Epicurus’ theory has attracted much contemporary interest, but our attempts to understand it have been hampered by reading it anachronistically a…

I’m not sure I completely see your reasoning for why any swerves should affect every atomic motion—if that’s what you’re saying—but still I can suggest an answer to the question of why there should be a swerve for every “free&#8…

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Maybe the title of this post should have been “They Also Swerve Who Only Stand and Wait.” LikeLike

I’m also having painful flashbacks to Leonard Peikoff’s grossly uncharitable and distorted discussion of the swerve, delivered in complete isolation from any tincture of familiarity with the scholarly literature on the subject. LikeLike

I’m puzzled by a feature of much of the scholarly discussion of the Epicurean swerve.  So many of the discussants seem to be assuming that there must be a swerve corresponding to each human free action.  I don’t see why.  If indeterministic swerves occur, then every atomic motion – not just the times when the…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Firstly, while the George Floyd riots didn’t manage the level of destruction caused by an aerial bombing campaign (so you can justly say I exaggerated) that doesn’t mean they were harmless. In fact, I think it fai…