Question
Charles Renouvier argued that this faculty exists genuinely in the phenomenal realm, contra Kant. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this faculty that is traditionally held to be a requirement for moral responsibility. The Principle of Alternative Possibilities holds that people with this faculty could have acted differently than they did.
ANSWER: free will [or freedom of the will; prompt on freedom or will]
[10m] Renouvier’s chance-based account of free will influenced this philosopher to accept it. This philosopher, who coined the terms “hard determinism” and “soft determinism” in “The Dilemma of Determinism,” identified a belief in free will with the “tender-minded” approach to philosophy in another book.
ANSWER: William James
[10h] Renouvier’s chance-based account of free will also inspired this Peircean (“PURSE-ian”) position, which holds that randomness is an intrinsic part of the universe, but the laws of nature evolve to be more regular over time.
ANSWER: tychism
<VD, Philosophy (19th/20th Century)>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |