Contemporary Introduction to Free Will

Name: Contemporary Introduction to Free Will
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ISBN: 9780195149708

ISBN-10: 019514970X

ISBN-13: 9780195149708

Edition: 2005

Authors: Robert Kane

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Accessible to students with no background in the subject, A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will provides an extensive and up-to-date overview of all the latest views on this central problem of philosophy. Opening with a concise introduction to the history of the problem of free will--and its place in the history of philosophy--the book then turns to contemporary debates and theories about free will, determinism, and related subjects like moral responsibility, coercion,compulsion, autonomy, agency, rationality, freedom, and more. Classical compatibilist and new compatibilist theories of free will are considered along with the latest incompatibilist or libertarian theories and the most…

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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/24/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 8.19" wide x 5.39" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Free Will Problem



Compatibilism



Incompatibilism



Libertarianism, Indeterminism, and Chance



Minds, Selves, and Agent Causes



Actions, Reasons, and Causes



Is Free Will Possible? Hard Determinists and Other Skeptics



Moral Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities



Higher-order Desires, Real Selves, and New Compatibilists



Reactive Attitude Theories



Ultimate Responsibility



Free Will and Modern Science



Predestination, Divine Foreknowledge, and Free Will



Conclusion: Five Freedoms


Notes


Index