Dilemma Defense Against Frankfurt

• This argument tries to show that Frankfurt does not prove that it is the absence of alternate possibilities which constitutes determinism's removal of free will.

Assumption of Indeterminism

• How can Black know Jones will vote for Obama?
• Given indeterminism, this is not possible.
• If Jones did vote otherwise, then by this point it would be too late to restrict access to possibilities.
• Even if there was some kind of prior sign, this wouldn't determine Jones to vote.
• So - when we have…