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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: |-
    <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
                   <jats:p>There is a growing consensus that Emilie Du Châtelet's challenging essay “On Freedom” defends compatibilism. I offer an alternative, libertarian reading of the essay I lay out the prima facie textual evidence for such a reading. I also explain how apparently compatibilist remarks in “On Freedom” can be read as aspects of a sophisticated type of libertarianism that rejects blind or arbitrary choice. To this end, I consider the historical context of Du Châtelet's essay, and especially the dialectic between various strands of eighteenth-century libertarianism and compatibilism.</jats:p>
author:
- first_name: Aaron
  full_name: Wells, Aaron
  last_name: Wells
citation:
  ama: Wells A. Du Châtelet’s Libertarianism. <i>History of Philosophy Quarterly</i>.
    2022;38(3):219-241. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02">10.5406/21521026.38.3.02</a>
  apa: Wells, A. (2022). Du Châtelet’s Libertarianism. <i>History of Philosophy Quarterly</i>,
    <i>38</i>(3), 219–241. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02">https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Wells_2022, title={Du Châtelet’s Libertarianism}, volume={38},
    DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02">10.5406/21521026.38.3.02</a>},
    number={3}, journal={History of Philosophy Quarterly}, publisher={University of
    Illinois Press}, author={Wells, Aaron}, year={2022}, pages={219–241} }'
  chicago: 'Wells, Aaron. “Du Châtelet’s Libertarianism.” <i>History of Philosophy
    Quarterly</i> 38, no. 3 (2022): 219–41. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02">https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Wells, “Du Châtelet’s Libertarianism,” <i>History of Philosophy Quarterly</i>,
    vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 219–241, 2022, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02">10.5406/21521026.38.3.02</a>.'
  mla: Wells, Aaron. “Du Châtelet’s Libertarianism.” <i>History of Philosophy Quarterly</i>,
    vol. 38, no. 3, University of Illinois Press, 2022, pp. 219–41, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.5406/21521026.38.3.02">10.5406/21521026.38.3.02</a>.
  short: A. Wells, History of Philosophy Quarterly 38 (2022) 219–241.
date_created: 2024-01-29T16:27:11Z
date_updated: 2024-01-29T16:29:08Z
doi: 10.5406/21521026.38.3.02
intvolume: '        38'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- Philosophy
language:
- iso: eng
page: 219-241
publication: History of Philosophy Quarterly
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0740-0675
  - 2152-1026
publication_status: published
publisher: University of Illinois Press
status: public
title: Du Châtelet's Libertarianism
type: journal_article
user_id: '89005'
volume: 38
year: '2022'
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