Nicholas Rescher

Free Will

A Philosophical Reappraisal

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This second edition of Free Will presents a complete treatment of the history of the debate over whether humans have free will

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 313g
• ISBN-13: 9781412855938
• ISBN-10: 1412855934
• Artikelnr.: 42137982

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Rescher

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction Historical and Textual Perspectives
1 The Nature of Free Will
2 Modes of Freedom
3 Ramifications of Freedom
4 Some Fallacies Regarding Free Will
5 Free Will as Outside Causality But Compatible With it
6 Free Will Excludes Causal Predetermination But Not Motivational
Precedence Determination
7 Freedom and Motivation
8 Compatibilism Regained: What Free Will Excludes is Not Agent
Determination But Agent-Bypassing Nature Determination
9 Mind-Matter Coordination
10 Does Free Will Exist? Deliberations Pro and Con
References
Index