Four views on free will

✍ Scribed by Fischer, John Martin;Kane, Robert H;Pereboom, Derk;Vargas, Manuel

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2007;2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Series: Great debates in philosophy
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Focusing on the concepts and interactions of free will, moral responsibility, and determinism, this text represents the most up-to-date account of the four major positions in the free will debate.

Four serious and well-known philosophers explore the opposing viewpoints of libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism
The first half of the book contains each philosopher's explanation of his particular view; the second half allows them to directly respond to each other's arguments, in a lively and engaging conversation
Offers the reader a one of a kind, interactive discussion
Forms part of the acclaimedGreat Debates in Philosophyseries

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Notes on Contributors......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
A Brief Introduction to Some Terms and Concepts......Page 9
1: Libertarianism......Page 13
2: Compatibilism......Page 52
3: Hard Incompatibilism......Page 93
4: Revisionism......Page 134
5: Response to Fischer, Pereboom, and Vargas......Page 174
6: Response to Kane, Pereboom, and Vargas......Page 192
7: Response to Kane, Fischer, and Vargas......Page 199
8: Response to Kane, Fischer, and Pereboom......Page 212
Bibliography......Page 228
Index......Page 232

✦ Subjects

Philosophy;Nonfiction;Metaphysics