Abstract
Soft determinism seems to have an incredible consequence. It seems to imply, given certain acceptable further premises, that sometimes people are able to act in such a way that the laws of nature are broken. Soft determinism is the doctrine that sometimes one freely does what one is predetermined to do; and that in such a case one is able to act otherwise though past history and the laws of nature determine that one will not act otherwise. Compatibilism is the doctrine that soft determinism may be true. The Weak Thesis, which as a soft determinist the author accept, is the thesis that he could have rendered a law false in the weak sense. The Strong Thesis, which the author rejects, is the thesis that he could have rendered a law false in the strong sense. The weak thesis is controversial, to be sure, but a soft determinist should not mind being committed to it.
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