Gregg D. Caruso

Free Will and Consciousness

A Determinist Account of the Illusion of Free Will

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book argues two main things: The first is that there is no such thing as free will-at least not in the sense most ordinary folk take to be central or fundamental; the second is that the strong and pervasive belief in free will can be accounted for through a careful analys...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 659g
• ISBN-13: 9780739171363
• ISBN-10: 0739171364
• Artikelnr.: 35057003

Autorenporträt

Gregg D. Caruso is assistant professor of philosophy and Chair of the Humanities Department at Corning Community College, SUNY.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Problem of Free Will: A Brief Introduction and Outline of
Position Chapter 2: Against Libertarianism Chapter 3: Against Compatibilism
Chapter 4: Consciousness and Free Will (I): Automaticity and the Adaptive
Unconscious Chapter 5: Consciousness and Free Will (II): Transparency,
Infallibility, and the Higher-Order Thought Theory Chapter 6: Consciousness
and Free Will (III): Intentional States, Spontaneity, and Action Initiation
Chapter 7: Consciousness and Free Will (IV): Self-Consciousness and Our
Sense of Agency