The word "incompatibilism" has a distinctive meaning to many students of, and scholars in ,philosophy. It arises in debates about determinism and moral responsibility. The key question, as I understand the debate, is this: is the notion of strict behavioral determinism consistent with our ordinary and strongly held intuitions about moral responsibility? There are some who say "no, the two are not compatible, and the moral intuitions are worth keeping: fortunately we CAN keep them, because strict behavioral determinism is wrong." There are others who say, "no, the two are not compatible -- and strict behavioral determinism is right, so we'll have to say goodbye to the moral intuitions and learn to live without them." Both of those are incompatibilists, however much they quarrel with one another. There are still others who say, "Yes, strict determinisms is compatible with those intuitions, so it need not at all disturb us to recogniz...