Persons and Causes The Metaphysics of Free Will

Name: Persons and Causes The Metaphysics of Free Will
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ISBN: 9780195153743

ISBN-10: 019515374X

ISBN-13: 9780195153743

Edition: 2002

Authors: Timothy O'Connor

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What happens when someone acts? We suppose that we are often morally responsible for what we do, that our creations merit credit, and the unfolding of our relationships with others find their ultimate source within us -- in the choices we have freely made. But how is such freedom of choice possible? What are the springs of free will?In this carefully-argued and provocative study, O'Connor systematically develops an account of human agency intended to shed light on these basic questions. Central to his account is the traditional concept of 'agent' of 'personal' causation, a concept that has been largely abandoned in contemporary discussions of free will. O'Connor critically assesses the…

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List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Freedom and Determinism



Freedom and Indeterminism: Some Unsatisfactory Proposals



the Agent as Cause: Reid, Taylor, and Chisholm


The Metaphysics of Free Will



Reasons and Causes



Agency, Mind, and Reductionism


References


Index