Agents, causes, and events : essays on indeterminism and free will

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Agents, causes, and events : essays on indeterminism and free will

edited by Timothy O'Connor

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

Volume

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?
Volume

: 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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  • NCID
    BA24610950
  • ISBN
    • 0195091566
    • 0195091574
  • LCCN
    94013498
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 274 p.
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