Determinism and freedom in the age of modern science /Sidney Hook, editor.
- first Collier Books edition.
- New York : Collier Books, (c)1958.
- 252 pages ; 18 cm.
"Proceedings of the first annual New York University Institute of Philosophy, held at Washington Square, New York, February 9 and 10, 1957."--p. 5.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction Pt. I. Determinism in philosophy. 1. The case for determinism Pt. II. Determinism in modern science. 1. Determinism in modern science Pt. III. Determinism and responsibility in law and ethics. 1. Legal responsibility and excuses Pt. IV. Discussion. 1. "Excusing conditions" and moral responsibility Carroll V. Newsom -- Brand Blanshard. 2. Making something happen Max Black. 3. Determinism and novelty William Barrett -- Percy W. Bridgman. 2. The relativity of determinism Milton K. Munitz. 3. The case for indeterminism Alfred Lande. 4. Determinism and the cosmos / Dennis W. Sciama -- H.L.A. Hart. 2. Hard and soft determinism Paul Edwards. 3. What means this freedom? / John Hospers -- Elizabeth Lane Beardsley. 2. Determinism and the justifiability of moral blame Richard Brandt. 3. Determinism and punishment Percy W. Bridgman. 4. Responsibility and avoidability Roderick W. Chisholm. 5. Determinism, freedom, and responsibility C.J. Ducasse. 6. Some reflections on "the case for determinism" / Carl G. Hempel. 7. Some further reflections on moral responsibility Howard W. Hintz. 8. Necessity, indeterminism, and sentimentalism Sidney Hook. 9. Punishment as justice and as price; on randomness Abba Lerner. 10. Some notes on determinism Ernest Nagel. 11. Causation, determinism, and the "good" / F.S.C. Northrop. 12. Determinism, freedom, moral responsibility, and causal talk Arthur Pap. 13. Some equivocations of the notion of responsibility Alfred Schultz. 14. Observations Dennis W. Sciama. 15. Determinism and the theory of agency / Richard Taylor. 16. Common sense and beyond Paul Weiss. 17. On Causation / H. Van R. Wilson.