The problem of free will : a contemporary introduction / Mathew Iredale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iredale, Mathew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 168 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Do we really have freedom to act, or are we slaves to our genes, environment or culture? Regular TPM columnist Mathew Iredale gets to grips with one of the most intractable issues in philosophy: the problem of free will. Iredale explores what it is about the free will problem that makes it so hard to resolve and argues that the only acceptable solution to the free will problem must be one that is consistent with what science tells us about the world. It is here, maintains Iredale, that too many works on free will, introductory or otherwise, fall down, by focusing only on how free will relates

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 What is free will?; 3 Obscure and panicky metaphysics; 4 A glaring absurdity; 5 Weeds in the garden of forking paths; 6 A wretched subterfuge; 7 The quagmire of evasion; 8 Of puppies and polyps; 9 Two overridden and wearied nags; 10 Whither free will?; Further reading: a personal top ten; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-73001-4

1-317-54765-9

9781315730011

OCLC:

794490803