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Free Will: Sourcehood and its Alternatives

Autor Professor Kevin Timpe
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 iul 2008
Much contemporary scholarship on free will focuses on whether it is compatible with causal determinism. According to compatibilists, it is possible for an agent to be determined in all her choices and actions and still be free. Incompatibilists, on the other hand, think that the existence of free will is incompatible with the truth of determinism. There are two dominant general conceptions of the nature of free will. According to the first of these, free will is primarily a function of being able to do otherwise than one in fact does. On this view, free will centrally depends upon alternative possibilities. The second approach focuses instead on issues of sourcehood, holding that free will is primarily a function of an agent being the source of her actions in a particular way. 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. It ultimately argues for a version of Source Incompatibilism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826496256
ISBN-10: 0826496253
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Makes a significant contribution to the recent and lively discussions about sourcehood and its relation to free will.

Cuprins

Part I. Introducing the Issues 1. The BasicsPart II. Alternative Possibilities2. The Debate Over the Ability to Do Otherwise3. The Dilemma Defense4. The Flicker StrategyPart III. The Importance of Sourcehood5. Sourcehood as Compatible with Determinism6. Sourcehood and Incompatibilism7. Sourcehood and Alternative PossibilitiesBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

'Timpe's Free Will: Sourcehood and Its Alternatives, is a very fine book that is highly recommended for anyone interested in the contemporary debates about free will and moral responsibility. Timpe is remarkably well-versed in the literature, and the book makes many intriguing and illuminating contributions.'  Professor John Fischer, University of California Riverside, USA
A valuable contribution to this series, introducing the reader to the fascinating but often complex philosophical issues pertaining to the discussion of free will.