Peter van Inwagen is an American philosopher, born in 1942, who is the John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and a research professor of philosophy at Duke University each spring. He previously taught at Syracuse University, earned his doctorate from the University of Rochester in 1969 under Richard Clyde Taylor, and is one of the leading figures in contemporary metaphysics, philosophy of religion and philosophy of action; he served as president of the Society of Christian Philosophers from 2010 to 2013.
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Defining MomentIntroduced the consequence argument for incompatibilism between free will and determinism in An Essay on Free Will (1983) 1 Notable PublicationAn Essay on Free Will (1983) 1 Office HeldPresident of the Society of Christian Philosophers, 2010 to 2013 1 TraditionAnalytic philosophy; libertarian free will 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Peter van Inwagen (Wikipedia)
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born September 21, 1942
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Van Inwagen's 1983 monograph An Essay on Free Will played an important role in rehabilitating libertarianism with respect to free will in mainstream analytical philosophy.
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He was the president of the Society of Christian Philosophers from 2010 to 2013.
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he introduces the term incompatibilism about free will and determinism, to stand in contrast to compatibilism
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Peter van Inwagen ( van in-WAH-ghən; born September 21, 1942) is an American philosopher.
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