 Insofar as the Consequence argument has pointed us in the direction of these deep and difficult underlying metaphysical questions, it represents a significant step forward in the discussion of one of the most intractable problems of philosophy. (For discussion of some of these issues, see D. Lewis 1979; Dennett 1984, 2003; Hoefer 2002; Berofsky 2003, 2012; Beebee &amp; Mele 2002; Beebee 2000; Schaffer 2004, 2008; Vihvelin 1990, 2004, 2013, 2017; Perry 2004, 2008, 2010; van Inwagen 2004a; Fara 2008; Holton 2009; Wilson 2014; Clarke 2015; Ismael 2016; van Inwagen 2017; Spencer 2017; Franklin 2018; List 2019, Esfeld 2021; Loew and Huttemann 2022)