Agents, causes, and events : essays on indeterminism and free will
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Agents, causes, and events : essays on indeterminism and free will
Oxford University Press, 1995
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Libertarianism, action, and self-determination / Galen Strawson
- The problem of autonomy / Thomas Nagel
- On giving libertarians what they say they want / Daniel Dennett
- Libertarianism and rationality / Richard Double
- Reason's explanation of action / Carl Ginet
- Agents, causes, and events / Roderick Chisholm
- Choice and indeterminism / Robert Nozick
- Two kinds of incompatibilism / Robert Kane
- Two concepts of freedom / William Rowe
- Agent causation / Timothy O'Connor
- Toward a credible agent-causal account of free will / Randolphe Clarke
- When is the will free? / Peter van Inwagen
- When the will is free / John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780195091564
Description
This volume gathers together recent discussion concerning the prospects for devising a satisfactory indeterministic account of freedom of action. Exploring traditional problems associated with indeterministic accounts, proposals for resolving such problems are expounded and criticized.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Part I. Problems for Indeterministic Accounts of Free Will
1.: Strawson/Libertarianism, Action and Self-Determination
2.: Nagel/The Problem of Autonomy
3.: Dennett/On Giving Libertarians What They Say They Want
4.: Double/Libertarianism and Rationality
Part II. Indeterminism and Free Will: Contemporary Proposals
5.: Ginet/Reason and Explanation of Action: An Incompatibilist Account
6.: Chisholm/Agents, Causes and Events: The Problem of Free Will
7.: Nozik/Choice and Indeterminism
8.: Kane/Two Kinds of Incompatibilism
9.: Rowe/Two Concepts of Freedom
10.: O'Connor/Agent Causation
11.: Clarke/Toward a Credible Agent-Causal Account of Free Will
Part III. Indeterminism and the Extent of Free Will
12.: Peter Van Inwagen/When is the Will Free?
13.: Fischer and Ravizza/When the Will is Free?
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: pbk ISBN 9780195091571
Description
This volume gathers together the most significant discussions concerning the prospects for devising a satisfactory indeterministic account of freedom of action. The thirteen essays give greater precision to traditional problems associated with indeterministic accounts, and the most creative recent proposals for resolving such problems are included and criticized.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Part I. Problems for Indeterministic Accounts of Free Will
1.: Strawson/Libertarianism, Action and Self-Determination
2.: Nagel/The Problem of Autonomy
3.: Dennett/On Giving Libertarians What They Say They Want
4.: Double/Libertarianism and Rationality
Part II. Indeterminism and Free Will: Contemporary Proposals
5.: Ginet/Reason and Explanation of Action: An Incompatibilist Account
6.: Chisholm/Agents, Causes and Events: The Problem of Free Will
7.: Nozik/Choice and Indeterminism
8.: Kane/Two Kinds of Incompatibilism
9.: Rowe/Two Concepts of Freedom
10.: O'Connor/Agent Causation
11.: Clarke/Toward a Credible Agent-Causal Account of Free Will
Part III. Indeterminism and the Extent of Free Will
12.: Peter Van Inwagen/When is the Will Free?
13.: Fischer and Ravizza/When the Will is Free?
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