Freedom, Indeterminism, and Fallibilism

✍ Scribed by Danny Frederick

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 270
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book uses the concepts of freedom, indeterminism, and fallibilism to solve, in a unified way, problems of free will, knowledge, reasoning, rationality, personhood, ethics and politics. Presenting an overarching theory of human freedom, Frederick argues for an account of free will as the capacity for undetermined acts. Knowledge, rationality, and reasoning, both theoretical and practical, as well as personhood, morality and political authority, are all shown to be dependent at their roots on indeterminism and fallibility, and to be connected to individual freedom. Thought-provoking and original, Frederick’s theory of freedom examines a broad spectrum of issues, from the distinction between persons and other animals, to the purpose of the state and political authority. Offering a bold and succinct conspectus of the philosophy of freedom, this book makes surprising connections between perennial issues across the field of philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
Introduction (Danny Frederick)....Pages 1-5
Free Will and Indeterminism (Danny Frederick)....Pages 7-41
Rationality and Fallibilism (Danny Frederick)....Pages 43-108
Persons and Animals (Danny Frederick)....Pages 109-143
Freedom and Constraint (Danny Frederick)....Pages 145-194
Individual and State (Danny Frederick)....Pages 195-243
Conclusion (Danny Frederick)....Pages 245-254
Back Matter ....Pages 255-266

✦ Subjects

Philosophy; Metaphysics; Ethics; Political Philosophy