ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I am going to argue for a version of the so-called conditional analysis of free will. My claim is that the signifi cance of this analysis as an account of ‘could have done otherwise’ is largely misunderstood or, at least, is not properly appreciated. Conditional analyses of free will have been around at least since the early modern times. Hobbes, Locke, and Hume-among others-seem to have held some version of the analysis, and many later philosophers shared their view that it is the most plausible interpretation of the notion of free will. It is hard to believe that they all failed to capture anything important.
