Luke,
Just a few short comments. I think that Agency is best viewed in a more nuanced way. Agency need not be individual. For example people can make collective decisions. Also there are many situations where we relinquish agency. For example, when visiting a doctor. There are also many natural phenomena that are purely random. For example when the swing of a pendulum is determined by multiple forces. Thus it is not the case, even in in situations when all the starting conditions are known that we can determine the exact outcome. This, of course works in there reverse. We cannot work backwards to starting conditions in all contexts. There are also arguments about the nature of causality and some have argued (Hume) that because B always follows A may no be a demonstration of causality, just that B seems to follow A.
Enough!
David
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