Free will : sourcehood and its alternatives / Kevin Timpe.

By:

Timpe, Kevin []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781441189936
9781441146427

Subject(s):

Free will and determinism

Genre/Form:

Theological.

LOC classification:

BJ1460 .F744 2013
BJ1460

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Contents:

The compatibility question -- Revisionist accounts -- Free will skepticism -- The debate over the ability to do otherwise -- The dilemma of defense -- Flickers of freedom -- Sourcehood and compatibilism -- Sourcehood, incompatibilism, and alternatives -- Incompatibilism and luck.

Subject: Contemporary debates on free will are numerous and multifaceted. According to compatibilists, it is possible for an agent to be determined in all her choices and actions and still be free. Incompatibilists, on the other hand, think that the existence of free will is incompatible with the truth of determinism. There are also two dominant conceptions of the nature of free will. According to the first, it is primarily a function of being able to do otherwise than one in fact does. The second approach focuses on issues of sourcehood, holding that free will is primarily a function of an agent being the source of her actions in a particular way. This book guides the student through all these debates, demarcating the different 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 and free will skepticism. This is the ideal introduction to the contemporary debates for students at all levels. https://www.amazon.com/Free-Will-2nd-Sourcehood-Alternatives-dp-1441146423/dp/1441146423/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1569439513

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Withdrawn	G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN	Non-fiction	BJ1461.T567.F744 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		31923001690425

The basics -- The compatibility question -- Revisionist accounts -- Free will skepticism -- The debate over the ability to do otherwise -- The dilemma of defense -- Flickers of freedom -- Sourcehood and compatibilism -- Sourcehood, incompatibilism, and alternatives -- Incompatibilism and luck.

Contemporary debates on free will are numerous and multifaceted. According to compatibilists, it is possible for an agent to be determined in all her choices and actions and still be free. Incompatibilists, on the other hand, think that the existence of free will is incompatible with the truth of determinism. There are also two dominant conceptions of the nature of free will. According to the first, it is primarily a function of being able to do otherwise than one in fact does. The second approach focuses on issues of sourcehood, holding that free will is primarily a function of an agent being the source of her actions in a particular way. This book guides the student through all these debates, demarcating the different 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 and free will skepticism. This is the ideal introduction to the contemporary debates for students at all levels.

https://www.amazon.com/Free-Will-2nd-Sourcehood-Alternatives-dp-1441146423/dp/1441146423/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1569439513

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