Agents, Causes, and Events

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

This volume gathers together the most significant discussions concerning the prospects for devising a satisfactory indeterministic account of freedom of action. The thirteen essays give greater precision to traditional problems associated with indeterministic accounts, and the most creative recent proposals for resolving such problems are included and criticized.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-02-09
Vikt:410 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:28
Förlag:Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN:9780195091571

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Recensioner i media

"A nice collection of newer articles on free will....I might consider using this [text] or making it a recommended reading."--Mark van Roojen, University of Nebraska"An immensely helpful collection for courses in the philosophy of mind and theory of action."--Robert Welshon, University of Colorado"A nice collection of newer articles on free will....I might consider using this [text] or making it a recommended reading."--Mark van Roojen, University of Nebraska"An immensely helpful collection for courses in the philosophy of mind and theory of action."--Robert Welshon, University of Colorado

Innehållsförteckning

INTRODUCTION Part I. Problems for Indeterministic Accounts of Free Will 1.: Strawson/Libertarianism, Action and Self-Determination 2.: Nagel/The Problem of Autonomy 3.: Dennett/On Giving Libertarians What They Say They Want 4.: Double/Libertarianism and Rationality Part II. Indeterminism and Free Will: Contemporary Proposals 5.: Ginet/Reason and Explanation of Action: An Incompatibilist Account 6.: Chisholm/Agents, Causes and Events: The Problem of Free Will 7.: Nozik/Choice and Indeterminism 8.: Kane/Two Kinds of Incompatibilism 9.: Rowe/Two Concepts of Freedom 10.: O'Connor/Agent Causation 11.: Clarke/Toward a Credible Agent-Causal Account of Free Will Part III. Indeterminism and the Extent of Free Will 12.: Peter Van Inwagen/When is the Will Free? 13.: Fischer and Ravizza/When the Will is Free?