...the brain, was caused by the agent and not by any other events" (18). A free agent has, therefore, "a prerogative which some would attribute only to...each of us, when we act, is a prime mover unmoved" (23). This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the...

...do will or set out to do. 11. If we are responsible, and if what I have been trying to say is true, then we have a prerogative which some would attribute...mover unmoved. In doing what we do, we cause certain events to happen, and nothing— or no one— causes us to cause those events to happen. 12. If we...

...the present discussion. B. Philosophical Voluntarism: Will as Individuality's Resource and Redoubt We have a prerogative which some would attribute only...each of us, when we act, is a prime mover unmoved. —Roderick Chisholm i. The Epistemology and Metaphysics of the Will The medieval voluntarists, keying...

...God: each of us, when we act, is a prime mover unmoved. In doing what we do, we cause certain events to happen, and nothing — or no one — causes us to cause those events to happen."25 The fact that it begs the question against agent causation is no doubt a defect in Ayer's...

...terminated in a divine fiat. If human agents are non-occurrent causes, then, as Chisholm has said, "we have a prerogative which some would attribute...mover unmoved. In doing what we do, we cause certain events to happen, and nothing — or no one — causes us to cause those events to happen."75 That...

...which relates to this desire."3 The contemporary philosopher Roderick Chisolm puts the view this way: "If we are responsible . . . then we have a prerogative...— or no one — causes us to cause those events to happen."4 Why The Official Doctrine Appeals The reasons why the official doctrine of the ghost in the...

...which relates to this desire."3 The contemporary philosopher Roderick Chisolm puts the view this way: "If we are responsible . . . then we have a prerogative...do, we cause certain things to happen, and nothing — ror no one — causes us to cause those events to happen."4 Why The Official Doctrine Appeals The...

...believe that we are free and therefore that mechanism is false. In the words of Roderick Chisholm: "We have a prerogative which some would attribute...mover unmoved. In doing what we do, we cause certain events to happen, and nothing — or no one — causes us to cause those events to happen."4 This view...

...in evolutionary history and genetic makeup to chimpanzees than chimps are to gorillas or orangutans. If we are responsible . . . then we have a prerogative...some would attribute only to God: each of us, when we really act. is a prime mover unmoved. In doing what we do, we cause certain events to happen, and nothing...

...cause that these events happen ... if what I have been trying to say is true, then we have a privilege which some would attribute only to God: Each of us, when we really act, is an initial unmoved mover" (Chisholm, quoted from Pothast 1978, p. 82). If an agent acts...