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Freewill.
The question whether human choices and actions are causally determined or are in a way free, and the implications of this for our moral, personal and social lives continues to challenge philosophers. This book explores the determinist rejection of free will through a detailed exposition of the centr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Acumen,
2000.
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| Colección: | Central problems of philosophy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface and acknowledgements""; ""1. Free will: the issue""; ""2. Determinism: exposition""; ""3. Determinism: qualifications and clarifications""; ""4. Libertarianism: two varieties ""; ""5. Compatiblism I: the ""utilitarian"" position""; ""6. Compatibilism II: the two-language view""; ""7. The irrelevance of determinism ""; ""8. The very idea of causal necessity""; ""9. Conclusions and reflections on philosophical method ""; ""Appendix: chaos theory and determinism ""; ""Notes ""; ""A guide to further reading ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index""