Free will and the human sciences in Britain, 1870-1910 /

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Smith takes an in-depth look at the question of free will through the prism of different disciplines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Roger, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsbugh, Pa. : University of Pitttsburgh Press, [2016]
Series:Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 17.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Science and psychology > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Free will and determinism > History > 19th century.
Sciences et psychologie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Libre arbitre et déterminisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Free will and determinism.
Science and psychology.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; 1. Belief in Free Will; 2. Physiology and Mind in the 1870s; 3. Shaping the Science of Psychology; 4. Volition and Mental Activity; 5. Causation and Effort; 6. The Moral Agent; 7. History and Society; 8. The Legacy; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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