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| Author | : Michael Frede |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 222 |
| Release | : 2012-12 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0520272668 |
"As readers will quickly discover, the quality of the text that [Frede] has bequeathed fully matches the brilliance and incisiveness for which all his work is admired." From the foreword by David Sedley
| Author | : Matthew R. Dasti |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 019992273X |
Focusing on the rich and variegated cluster of Indic philosophical traditions as they developed from the late Vedic period up to the pre-modern period, this book offers an understanding, according to each school, of the nature of free will and agency.
| Author | : Mathew Iredale |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 2014-10-14 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1317547640 |
Do we really have freedom to act, or are we slaves to our genes, environment or culture? Regular TPM columnist Mathew Iredale gets to grips with one of the most intractable issues in philosophy: the problem of free will. Iredale explores what it is about the free will problem that makes it so hard to resolve and argues that the only acceptable solution to the free will problem must be one that is consistent with what science tells us about the world. It is here, maintains Iredale, that too many works on free will, introductory or otherwise, fall down, by focusing only on how free will relates to determinism. Iredale shows that there are clear areas of scientific research which are directly and significantly relevant to free will in a way that does not involve determinism. Although these areas of scientific research do not allow us to solve the problem, they do allow us to separate the more plausible ideas concerning free will from the less plausible.
| Author | : Sam Harris |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 96 |
| Release | : 2012-03-06 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1451683405 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion. A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion. In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.
| Author | : John Martin Fischer |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2007-09-11 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1405134860 |
Focusing on the concepts and interactions of free will, moral responsibility, and determinism, this text represents the most up-to-date account of the four major positions in the free will debate. Four serious and well-known philosophers explore the opposing viewpoints of libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism The first half of the book contains each philosopher’s explanation of his particular view; the second half allows them to directly respond to each other’s arguments, in a lively and engaging conversation Offers the reader a one of a kind, interactive discussion Forms part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophy series
| Author | : Allan McCay |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 387 |
| Release | : 2019-02-21 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1317132963 |
This volume brings together many of the world’s leading theorists of free will and philosophers of law to critically discuss the ground-breaking contribution of David Hodgson’s libertarianism and its application to philosophy of law. The book begins with a comprehensive introduction, providing an overview of the intersection of theories of free will and philosophy of law over the last fifty years. The eleven chapters collected together divide into two groups: the first five address libertarianism within the free will debate, with particular attention to Hodgson’s theory, and in Part II, six contributors discuss Hodgson’s libertarianism in relation to issues not often pursued by free will scholars, such as mitigation of punishment, the responsibility of judges, the nature of judicial reasoning and the criminal law process more generally. Thus the volume’s importance lies not only in examining Hodgson’s distinctive libertarian theory from within the free will literature, but also in considering new directions for research in applying that theory to enduring questions about legal responsibility and punishment.
| Author | : Filip Grgić |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2018-11-14 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 3319992953 |
This book consists of eleven new essays that provide new insights into classical and contemporary issues surrounding free will and human agency. They investigate topics such as the nature of practical knowledge and its role in intentional action; mental content and explanations of action; recent arguments for libertarianism; the situationist challenge to free will; freedom and a theory of narrative configuration; the moral responsibility of the psychopath; and free will and the indeterminism of quantum mechanics. Also tackling some historical precursors of contemporary debates, taken together these essays demonstrate the need for an approach that recognizes the multifaceted nature of free will. This book provides essential reading for anyone interested in the current scholarship on free will.
| Author | : Timothy O'Connor |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 152 |
| Release | : 2002-11-14 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0198030509 |
This provocative book refurbishes the traditional account of freedom of will as reasons-guided "agent" causation, situating its account within a general metaphysics. O'Connor's discussion of the general concept of causation and of ontological reductionism v. emergence will specially interest metaphysicians and philosophers of mind.
| Author | : David Hodgson |
| Publisher | : OUP USA |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2012-01-04 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 0199845301 |
The author examines the idea of free will, arguing that consideration of human rationality and consciousness together gives us free will.
| Author | : Meghan Griffith |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0415562198 |
The question of whether humans are free to make their own decisions has long been debated and it continues to be a controversial topic today. In Free Will: The Basics readers are provided with a clear and accessible introduction to this central but challenging philosophical problem. The questions which are discussed include: Does free will exist? Or is it illusory? Can we be free even if everything is determined by a chain of causes? If our actions are not determined, does this mean they are just random or a matter of luck? In order to have the kind of freedom required for moral responsibility, must we have alternatives? What can recent developments in science tell us about the existence of free will? Because these questions are discussed without prejudicing one view over others and all technical terminology is clearly explained, this book is an ideal introduction to free will for the uninitiated.
