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The Significance of Free Will
by Robert Kane

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Publisher Comments:

Robert Kane provides a critical overview of debates about free will of the past half century, relating this recent inquiry to the broader history of the free will issue and to vital currents of twentieth century thought. Kane also defends a traditional libertarian or incompatibilist view of free will (one that insists upon the incompatibility of free will and determinism), employing arguments that are both new to philosophy and that respond to contemporary developments in physics and biology, neuro science, and the cognitive and behavioral sciences.

Synopsis:

In the past quarter-century, there has been a resurgence of interest in philosophical questions about free will. After a clear and broad-reaching survey of these recent debates, Robert Kane presents his own controversial view. Arguing persuasively for a traditional incompatibilist or

libertarian conception of free will, Kane demonstrates that such a conception can be made intelligible without appeals to obscure or mysterious forms of agency and thus can be reconciled with a contemporary scientific picture of the world.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction


I. The Ascent Problem:Compatibility and Significance


2. Will


3. Responsibility


4. Alternative Possibilities


5. Ultimate Responsibility


6. Significance


II. The Descent Problem: Intelligibility and Existence


7. Plurality and Indeterminism


8. Moral and Prudential Choice


9. Efforts, Purposes, and Practical Reason


10. Objections and Responses


11. Conclusion


Notes


References


Index


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Product Details

ISBN:
9780195126563
Author:
Kane, Robert
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
Free Will & Determinism
Subject:
Free will and determinism
Subject:
Determinism
Subject:
Philosophy | Free Will
Subject:
Medicine | Neuropsychology
Subject:
PHILOSOPHY / Free Will and Determinism
Publication Date:
August 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Pages:
280
Dimensions:
9.21x6.10x.77 in. .89 lbs.
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