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Free Will : An Introduction / by H. Beebee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beebee, Helen, Author.
- Series:
- Palgrave Philosophy Today, 2947-9347
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Metaphysics.
- Free will and determinism.
- Local Subjects:
- Metaphysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (204 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This comprehensive introductory guide includes discussion of the major contemporary positions on compatibilism and incompatibilism, and of the central arguments that are a focus of the current debate, including the Consequence Argument, manipulation arguments, and Frankfurt's famous argument against the 'Principle of Alternate Possibilities.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Free Will: The Basics
- What Does Acting Freely Require? Some Compatibilist Views
- Compatibilism and the Consequence Argument
- Compatibilism, Sourcehood, and Manipulation Arguments
- What Does Acting Freely Require? Some "Incompatibilist Views"
- Frankfurt’s Nefarious Neurosurgeon
- Other Issues
- Back Matter.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230232938
- 0230232930
- 9781137316066
- 1137316063
- OCLC:
- 860840525
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