0. The basic philosophical concepts -- substance, event, property, fact etc.

1. The basic notions and principles applicable to the issue of determinism and the freedom of will:

The Principle of Universal Event Causation

What does this principle assert.
Reasons to think that (UCe) is true. Are events without causes comprehensible?
Can anything happen without a cause?
A difference between the event causation and the gent causation

The Free Will Principle (FW)

Reasons for thinking that we sometimes act freely (how can we know that we sometimes act freely); examples of free acts.

The Principle of Incompatibilism (I).
The arguments for Incompatibilism.

The Claim about Moral Responsibility.

"Could Have Done Otherwise" Principle

2. The basic positions:

• Hard Determinism
• Indeterminism
• Soft-Determinism
• Libertarianism

Be prepared to explain each of the basic positions in terms of the basic principles.

3. Hard Determinism:

Contrast between freedom and causation
HD  and the issue of moral responsibility.
Arguments against (HD). How does the hard determinist reply to these arguments? How does he support his replies?

4. Indeterminism (Extreme and Moderate Versions)

• [The difference between Extreme and Moderate Indeterminism]
• Indeterministic account of action and free action (the notions of Volition, Free Volition, and Freely Willed Action.)
• Objections to Indeterminism. (IND) and the issue of moral responsibility.

5. Soft-Determinism (Standard and Ayerian Versions)

• [The difference between Standard and Ayerian Soft Determinism]
• The notions of Volition, Standard Volition, Voluntary Action and Properly Voluntary Action.
• Standard Soft Determinism : the contrast between freedom and compulsion (the difference between, on the one hand, determination and, on the other hand, compulsion and coercion.)
• Ayerian Soft Determinism and the issue of moral responsibility.
• The "Could Have Done Otherwise" Principle.
  • Can SD accommodate this principle (explain what it means)?
  • Does SD have a good argument against this principle?
  • Ayer's and Chisholm's views about this principle

6. Libertarianism.

• The notion of Agent Causation; how is it different from event causation.
• Is Libertarianism identical with Indeterminism?
• Can a Libertarian account for moral responsibility?
• Libertarianism and the possibility to act otherwise ("Could Have Done Otherwise" Principle).