Free Will (Oxford Readings In Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019925494X ISBN 13: 9780199254941

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2003

Synopsis

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 topic of free will during the past 50 years, as well as some notable recent work.

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Review:

"Excellent anthology!"--James Coley, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

"An excellent collection."--Susan Sauve, Harvard University

"Excellent--exactly what I need for my free will course."--George B. Thomas, University of Virginia

"Outstanding and much needed."--Don Garrett, University of Utah

"An excellent collection of recent work on the ever-perplexing issues of mechanism and free will."--Lynne Rudder Baker, Middlebury College

Synopsis:

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 topic of free will during the past 50 years, as well as some notable recent work. Topics explored in this collection include: the relation between necessity, acting freely, and freedom to act otherwise; different accounts of the capacity for free agency, and the ways in which it can be compromised; grounds for scepticism about free agency and discussions of the relation between free will and responsibility.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 019925494X
• ISBN 13: 9780199254941
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Watson Gary