Peter van Inwagen - Big Questions in Free Will

Free will seems obvious, simple, common; but it’s subtle, profound, maddening. Free will probes the deep nature of human existence. But big questions have big problems. How to make progress? Can bringing together scientists, philosophers and theologians help? That’s what the ’Big Questions in Free Will’ project is doing. Free access to Closer to Truth’s library of 5,000 videos: Watch more interviews on free will: Peter van Inwagen is an American analytic philosopher and the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. Register for free at for subscriber-only exclusives: Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.