Free Will
An Introduction
Published on 30. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 191 pages
978-0-230-23293-8 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive introductory guide includes discussion of the major contemporary positions on compatibilism and incompatibilism, and of the central arguments that are a focus of the current debate, including the Consequence Argument, manipulation arguments, and Frankfurt's famous argument against the 'Principle of Alternate Possibilities.
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Edition
2013 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
XI, 191 p.
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-23293-8 (9780230232938)
DOI
10.1057/9781137316066
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Person
Helen Beebee is Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. She has published papers on freedom of the will, causality, laws of nature, the problem of induction, and other topics. Her books include
Hume on Causation
(2006) and
Metaphysics: The Key Concepts
(with Nikk Effingham and Philip Goff, 2011).
Content
Series Editor's Preface Preface 1. Free Will: The Basics 2. What Does Acting Freely Require? Some Compatibilist Views 3. Compatibilism and the Consequence Argument 4. Compatibilism, Sourcehood, and Manipulation Arguments 5. What Does Acting Freely Require? Some Incompatibilist Views 6. Frankfurt's Nefarious Neurosurgeon 7. Other Issues Bibliography Index