Free Will in Philosophical Theology takes the most recent philosophical work on free will and uses it to elucidate and explore theological doctrines involving free will. Rather than being a work of natural theology, it is a work in what has been called clarification-using philosophy to understand, d
Free Will: The Scandal in Philosophy
โ Scribed by Bob Doyle
- Publisher
- I-Phi Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
A college-level sourcebook and textbook on the problem of free will and determinism. Contains a history of the free will problem, a taxonomy of current free will positions, the standard argument against free will, the physics, biology, and neuroscience of free will, the most plausible and practical libertarian solution of the problem, and reviews of the work of the leading determinist Ted Honderich, the leading libertarian Robert Kane, the leading compatibilist Daniel Dennett, and the agnostic Alfred Mele. 480 pages, 40 figures, 15 sidebars, glossary, bibliography, index.
The Kindle edition has page numbers from the original print edition and an interactive index that lets you jump from the index entry to individual pages. The original print table of contents is interactive, as is the glossary. An extensive Kindle hierarchical table of contents provides Kindle best navigation.
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