John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Derk Pereboom, Manuel Vargas

Four Views on Free Will (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the concepts and interactions of free will, moral responsibility, and determinism, this text represents the most up-to-date account of the four major positions in the free will debate. * Four serious and well-known philosophers explore the opposing viewpoints of libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism * The first half of the book contains each philosopher's explanation of his particular view; the second half allows them to directly respond to each other's arguments, in a lively and engaging conversation * Offers the reader a one of a kind, interactive discussion * Forms part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophy series

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405182041
• Artikelnr.: 38280666

Autorenporträt

John Martin Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, where he is a holder of a UC President's Chair. He is the author of The Metaphysics of Free Will: An Essay on Control (Blackwell 1994); Responsibility and Control: A Theory of Moral Responsibility (with Mark Ravizza, 1998); and My Way: Essays on Moral Responsibility (2006). He has written extensively on free will, moral responsibility, the metaphysics of death, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. Robert Kane is University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Free Will and Values (1985), Through the Moral Maze (1994), The Significance of Free Will (1996), A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will (2005) and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Free Will (2002) and a collection of readings, Free Will (Blackwell, 2002). He is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Texas at Austin. Derk Pereboom is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont, where he has been since 1985. He will join the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University in 2007. His book, Living Without Free Will (Cambridge University Press) appeared in 2001, and he has published articles on free will, philosophy of mind, history of modern philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Manuel Vargas is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco. He has published articles on a range of topics, including free will and moral responsibility, practical reason, evil, and Latin American philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Authors vi

Preface to the Second Edition viii

Acknowledgments ix

Some Terms and Concepts x

1 Libertarianism 1
Robert Kane

2 Compatibilism 51
John Martin Fischer

3 Hard Incompatibilism 92
Derk Pereboom

4 Revisionism 132
Manuel Vargas

5 Response to Fischer, Pereboom, and Vargas 173
Robert Kane

6 Response to Kane, Pereboom, and Vargas 189
John Martin Fischer

7 Response to Kane, Fischer, and Vargas 201
Derk Pereboom

8 Response to Kane, Fischer, and Pereboom 212
Manuel Vargas

Appendix: Some Free Will Debates 232

Bibliography 235

Index 253