How free are you? : the determinism problem

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How free are you? : the determinism problem

Ted Honderich

(Oxford paperbacks)

Oxford University Press, 1993

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注記

Bibliography: p. 131-135

Includes index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: ISBN 9780192123282

内容説明

This is a concidse introduction to one of the central questions of philosophy that should be of interest to students and general readers - are humans subject to determinism of do we posess free will and thus responsibility for our actions? The first six chapters of the book deal with the rival claims of the two theories and investigate whether either of them is clear, consistent, complete and demonstrably true. This inquiry in itself amounts to a complete philosophy of mind. The last four chapters deal with the implications of determinism and its significance in our public and private actions. Honderich examines the doctrines of compatibilism, which argues that humans are subject to causation but nevertheless free; and incompatibilism, which sees determinism and freedom as mutually exclusive. This debate has been one of philosophy's main battlegrounds for centuries, with thinkers as distinguished as Hume and Kant in opposite camps.

目次

  • Introduction to two suspect theories
  • real and other effects
  • the mind-brain connection
  • causation? origination?
  • our actions
  • neuroscience and quantum theory
  • shots in the foot?
  • dismay, intransigence
  • compatibilism and incompatibilism
  • affirmation
  • punishment and more.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780192831392

内容説明

This is a concise introduction to one of the central questions of philosophy that should be of interest to students and general readers - are humans subject to determinism of do we posess free will, and thus responsibility for our actions? The first six chapters of the book deal with the rival claims of the two theories and investigate whether either of them is clear, consistent, complete and demonstrably true. This inquiry in itself amounts to a complete philosophy of mind. The last four chapters deal with the implications of determinism and its significance in our public and private actions. Honderich examines the doctrines of compatibilism, which argues that humans are subject to causation but nevertheless free; and incompatibilism, which sees determinism and freedom as mutually exclusive. This debate has been one of philosophy's main battlegrounds for centuries, with thinkers as distinguished as Hume and Kant in opposite camps.

目次

  • Introduction to two suspect theories
  • real and other effects
  • the mind-brain connection
  • causation? origination?
  • our actions
  • neuroscience and quantum theory
  • shots in the foot?
  • dismay, intransigence
  • compatibilism and incompatibilism
  • affirmation
  • punishment and more.

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