Dorter, Kenneth, “Free Will, Luck, and Happiness in the Mythe of Er,” Journal of Philosophical Research, vol. 28 (2003), pp. 129-42. ... Double, Richard, Metaphilosophy and Free Will (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996).
Richard Double, Metaphilosophy and Free Will (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), p. 13. Galen Strawson supports the incoherency of the notion of free will from a different direction in his Freedom and Belief (Oxford: Clarendon ...
[T]he action is the existent relation, and may not be collapsed into one of its terms. The object of the agent-causal ... Consider first the orthodox account of the production of action, viz., the causal theory. On this account, actions ...
This book explores the determinist rejection of free will through a detailed exposition of the central determinist argument and a consideration of the responses to each of its premises.
These are just some of the questions considered by Joseph Keim Campbell in this lively and accessible introduction to the concept of free will.
What is free will? Can it exist in a determined universe? How can we determine who, if anyone, possesses it? Philosophers have debated the extent of human free will for millennia.
This book explores the determinist rejection of free will through a detailed exposition of the central determinist argument and a consideration of the responses to each of its premises.
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This book, first published in 1980, sets out to defend free will: it elaborates a sober and systematic case for libertarianism in the face of the overwhelming threat that is posed by the scientific study of the brain.
This book demarcates these two different conceptions free will, explores the relationship between them, and examines how they relate to the debate between compatibilists and incompatibilists.
The new edition of this highly successful text will once again provide the ideal introduction to free will. This volume brings together some of the most influential contributions to the...
This Element provides a thorough overview of the free will debate as it currently stands.
Ekstrom argues that incompatibilism concerning free will and causal determinism is true and thus the right account of the nature of free action must be indeterminist in nature.
These are just some of the questions considered by Joseph Keim Campbell in this lively and accessible introduction to the concept of free will.
Free Will brings together the essential readings on the debate of free will and determinism. Written by top scholars in the field, the essays represent some of the clearest and most accessible thinking on this subject.
Contains a history of the free will problem, a taxonomy of current free will positions, the standard argument against free will, the physics, biology, and neuroscience of free will, the most plausible and practical libertarian solution of ...
... modeling, demonstrates that activation of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex ... Cognitive Sciences, 7(1), 12–18. doi:https:// doi.org/10.1016/ S1364- 6613 ... cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will in voluntary action. Behavioral ...
Free Will: God's Choice, Our Choice