Agents, Causes, and Events
Essays on Indeterminism and Free Will
Published on 9. February 1995
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-19-509156-4 (ISBN)
Description
This volume gathers together recent discussion concerning the prospects for devising a satisfactory indeterministic account of freedom of action. Exploring traditional problems associated with indeterministic accounts, proposals for resolving such problems are expounded and criticized.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-509156-4 (9780195091564)
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Content
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?