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(1) Peter Van Inwagen, a philosopher from Notre Dame and a famous recent incompatibilist, claims that individuals do not have free will. According to the Peter Van Inwagen, he believes that untouchable fact is something that mankind cannot manipulate or change, and mankind will never be capable to do that. For example, I came to class today; Peter Van Inwagen argues that I did not have an alternative to miss class or to attend class. He also states that because we live in a universe with untouchable facts, mankind does not have any free will. (2) Peter Van Inwagen principle is logical and simplistic (Inwagen, p. 260). It is an untouchable fact that I did not go to class today. And suppose also that the following conditional (if-then) statement expresses an untouchable fact: If I did not go to class today, then I would have not received the homework assignment. It follows from these two suppositions that it is an untouchable fact that I would have not received the homework assignment (Inwagen, p. 260). From this principle, it reveals that both of the if-then states are untouchable f...

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