Freedom and Determinism

Name: Freedom and Determinism
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ISBN: 9780262532570

ISBN-10: 0262532573

ISBN-13: 9780262532570

Edition: 2004

Authors: Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, David Shier

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This collection of contemporary essays by prominent contemporary thinkers on the topics of determinism and free agency concentrates primarily on two areas: the compatibility problem and the metaphysics of moral responsibility. There are also essays on the related fields of determinism and action theory. The book is unique in that it contains up-to-date summaries of the life-work of five influential philosophers: John Earman, Ted Honderich, Keith Lehrer, Robert Kane, and Peter van Inwagen. There are also contributions by other familiar and distinguished authors, including Richard Feldman, John Martin Fischer, Carl Ginet, and John Perry, as well as important rising philosophers. While most of…

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List price: $8.75
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 6/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990

Joseph Keim Campbell is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University.

David Shier is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Washington State University.



Freedom and Determinism: A Framework



Determinism, Freedom, and Agency



Determinism: What We Have Learned and What We Still Don't Know




Freedom and the Power of Preference




Agency, Responsibility, and Indeterminism: Reflections on Libertarian Theories of Free Will




Trying to Act



The Metaphysics of Moral Responsibility



The Sense of Freedom




Libertarian Openness, Blameworthiness, and Time




Moderate Reasons-responsiveness, Moral Responsibility, and Manipulation




Which Autonomy?




The Transfer of Nonresponsibilty



The Compatibility Problem



Van Inwagen on Free Will




Compatibilist Options




Freedom and Contextualism




Buddism and the Freedom of the Will: Pali and Mahayanist Responses




After Compatibilism and Incompatibilism



Index