A companion to free will

Author(s)

• Campbell, Joseph Keim
• Mickelson, Kristin M.
• White, V. Alan

Bibliographic Information

A companion to free will

edited by Joseph Campbell, Kristin M. Mickelson, and V. Alan White

（Blackwell companions to philosophy, 78）

Wiley Blackwell, 2023

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge, and accessible accompaniment to various narratives about free will A Companion to Free Will is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of free will, offering an authoritative survey of perennial issues and contemporary debates within the field. Bringing together the work of a diverse team of established and younger scholars, this well-balanced volume offers innovative perspectives and fresh approaches to the classical compatibility problem, moral and legal responsibility, consciousness in free action, action theory, determinism, logical fatalism, impossibilism, and much more. The Companion’s 30 chapters provide general coverage of the discipline as well as an in-depth exploration of both CAP (Classical Analytic Paradigm) and non-CAP perspectives on the problem of free will and the problem of determinism—raising new questions about what the free will debate is, or should be, about. Throughout the book, coverage of modern exchanges between the world’s leading philosophers is complemented by incisive commentary, novel insights, and selections that examine compatibilist, libertarian, and denialist viewpoints. Offers a balanced presentation of conflicting theories and ongoing debates about the nature, existence, and implications of free will Explores the role of scientific advances and empirical methods in contributing to discourses on free will and action theory Reviews new developments in longstanding arguments between compatibilist and incompatibilist approaches to free will including those that question this way of framing the debate and critique the standard terminology Discusses descriptive, revisionary, and pragmatic approaches for defining key concepts and addressing compatibility problems surrounding free will Considers various issues of moral responsibility and philosophical approaches to the problem of free will in new ways Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Free Will is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students of philosophy, professional philosophers and theorists, and interested novices alike.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors x  Acknowledgments xvi 1 Introduction, Wiley Companion to Free Will 1 Kristin M. Mickelson, Joseph Campbell, and V. Alan White Part I Preliminaries 21 2 Logical and Theological Fatalism 23 Alicia Finch 3 Causal Determinism 39 V. Alan White 4 (In)compatibilism 58 Kristin M. Mickelson 5 Agent Causation 84 Leigh C. Vicens 6 Obligation and Moral Responsibility 95 Ishtiyaque Haji 7 Perfect Freedom 108 Marilyn Mccord Adams Part II Compatibility Problems 123 8 The Consequence Argument and the Mind Argument 125 Joseph Campbell and Kenji Lota 9 Manipulation and Direct Arguments 144 Justin A. Capes 10 Freedom and Time Travel 157 Ryan Wasserman 11 Divine Freedom 169 Brian Leftow 12 Denialism 184 Saul Smilansky 13 Revisionism 204 Manuel R. Vargas Part III The Science of Free Will 221 14 How the Laws Constrain: Causation, Counterfactuals, and Free Will 223 Kadri Vihvelin 15 Free Will and Implicit Attitudes 241 Neil Levy and Jessica Wright 16 The Role of Consciousness in Free Action 256 Philip Woodward 17 neuroscience 278 R.R. Waller 18 A Defense of natural Compatibilism 294 Florian Cova 19 Libertarianism 314 Mark Balaguer Part IV Moral Responsibility 335 20 Children and Moral Responsibility 337 Meghan Griffith 21 The epistemic Condition of Moral Responsibility 355 Philip Robichaud 22 Forgiveness and the emotions 369 Laura W. Ekstrom 23 Free Will and Moral Luck 378 Robert J. Hartman 24 Basic Desert and the Appropriateness of Blame 393 Kelly Mccormick 25 Criminal Responsibility 406 Ken Levy Part V The Future 415 26 The experience of Free Agency 417 Oisín Deery and Eddy Nahmias 27 The Future of the Causal Quest 434 Hannah Tierney 28 Free Will and Reference 451 Shaun Nichols 29 Meaning in Life and Free Will skepticism 464 Derk Pereboom 30 Free Will: Looking Ahead 477 Alfred R. Mele 31 epilogue: Free Will Zombies 491 V. Alan White Index 496

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Details

• NCID: BC17563822
• ISBN:
  • 9781119210139
• LCCN: 2022040331
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hoboken, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 508 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 123.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Free will and determinism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12148465