Free Will 2nd edition

Sourcehood and its Alternatives

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvKevin Timpe,USA) Timpe, Professor Kevin (Northwest Nazarene University

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Contemporarydebates on free will are numerous and multifaceted. According tocompatibilists, it is possible for an agent to be determined in all her choicesand actions and still be free. Incompatibilists, on the other hand, think thatthe existence of free will is incompatible with the truth of determinism. Thereare also two dominant conceptions of the nature of free will. According to thefirst, it is primarily a function of being able to do otherwise than one infact does. The second approach focuses on issues of sourcehood, holdingthat free will is primarily a function of an agent being the source of her actionsin a particular way. This book guides the student through all these debates, demarcating thedifferent conceptions of free will, exploring the relationships between them,and examining how they relate to the debate between compatibilists and incompatibilists.In the process, it addresses a number of other views, including revisionism andfree will scepticism. This is the ideal introduction to the contemporarydebates for students at all levels.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-12-06
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt430 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781441146427

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Kevin Timpe is Professor of Philosophy at Northwest Nazarene University, USA, and former Templeton Research Fellow at St. Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is the author of Free Will: Sourcehood and Its Alternatives (Continuum, 2008) and Free Will in Philosophical Theology (Continuum, forthcoming). He is also editor of Metaphysics and God (Routledge, 2009), Arguing aboutReligion (Routledge, 2009) and (with Craig Boyd) Virtues and Their Vices (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). His recent publications have appeared in Philosophical Studies, American Philosophical Quarterly, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, Faith and Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Philosophia.

Acknowledgements\ Part I:Introducing the Issues \ 1.The Basics \ 2. The Compatibility Question \ 3. RevisionistAccounts \ 4. Free Will Skepticism \ Part II: AlternativePossibilities \ 5. The Debate Over theAbility to do Otherwise \ 6. The Dilemma Defense \ 7.Flickers of Freedom \ Part III: The Importance of Sourcehood\ 8. Sourcehood and Compatibilism \ 9.Sourcehood, Incompatibilism, and Alternatives \ 10.Incompatibilism and Luck \ For Further Reading \ Notes\ Bibliography \ Index