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How free are you? : the determinism problem / Ted Honderich.
LIBRA BJ1461 .H57 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Honderich, Ted.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Free will and determinism.
- Philosophy of mind.
- Physical Description:
- 145 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
- Summary:
- A concise introduction to one of the central questions of philosophy for students and general readers, this book asks the question, "Are we subject to determinism or do we possess Free Will and thus responsibility for our actions?" The first six chapters of the book deal with the rival claims of the two theories, and investigate whether either of them is clear, consistent, complete, and demonstrably true. The inquiry in itself amounts to a complete philosophy of mind. The last four chapters deal with the implications of determinism and its significance in our public and private actions. Honderich examines the doctrines of compatibilism, which argues that we are subject to causation but are nevertheless free, and incompatibilism, which sees determinism and freedom as mutually exclusive. This debate has been one of philosophy's main battlegrounds for centuries, with thinkers as distinguished as Hume and Kant in opposite camps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0192831399 :
- 0192123289
- OCLC:
- 27186551
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