The significance of free will

Author(s)

• Kane, Robert

Bibliographic Information

The significance of free will

Robert Kane

Oxford University Press, 1996

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-257) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Kane offers a provocative and original account of the issues surrounding free will and moral responsibility. He presents a version of the "incompatibilist" or "libertarian" view of free will, defending the classic view of free will as "the power of agents to be the ultimate creators and sustainers of their own ends and purposes" against a wide range of modern critics. This book also serves as a comprehensive survey of recent controversies about free will, covering most of the debates of the past 25 years.

Table of Contents

• I. THE ASCENT PROBLEM:COMPATIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANCE
• II. THE DESCENT PROBLEM: INTELLIGIBILITY AND EXISTENCE

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Details

• NCID: BA29519084
• ISBN:
  • 0195105508
• LCCN: 95049769
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: 268 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 113.2
  • LCC : BJ1461
  • DC20 : 123/.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Free will and determinism
  • LCSH : Responsibility