A companion to free will / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Kristin M. Mickelson, and V. Alan White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campbell, Joseph Keim, editor.

Mickelson, Kristin M., editor.

White, V. Alan, editor.

Series:

Blackwell companions to philosophy.

Blackwell companions to philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (526 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, [2023]

Summary:

Provides a comprehensive, cutting-edge, and accessible accompaniment to various narratives about free will A Companion to Free Will is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the philosophy of free will, offering an authoritative survey of perennial issues and contemporary debates within the field. Bringing together the work of a diverse team of established and younger scholars, this well-balanced volume offers innovative perspectives and fresh approaches to the classical compatibility problem, moral and legal responsibility, consciousness in free action, action theory, determinism, logical fatalism, impossibilism, and much more. The Companion's 30 chapters provide general coverage of the discipline as well as an in-depth exploration of both CAP (Classical Analytic Paradigm) and non-CAP perspectives on the problem of free will and the problem of determinism--raising new questions about what the free will debate is, or should be, about. Throughout the book, coverage of modern exchanges between the world's leading philosophers is complemented by incisive commentary, novel insights, and selections that examine compatibilist, libertarian, and denialist viewpoints. Offers a balanced presentation of conflicting theories and ongoing debates about the nature, existence, and implications of free will Explores the role of scientific advances and empirical methods in contributing to discourses on free will and action theory Reviews new developments in longstanding arguments between compatibilist and incompatibilist approaches to free will including those that question this way of framing the debate and critique the standard terminology Discusses descriptive, revisionary, and pragmatic approaches for defining key concepts and addressing compatibility problems surrounding free will Considers various issues of moral responsibility and philosophical approaches to the problem of free will in new ways Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Free Will is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students of philosophy, professional philosophers and theorists, and interested novices alike.

Contents:

Intro

A Companion to Free Will

Contents

List of Contributors

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction, Wiley Companion to Free Will

Part I Preliminaries

2 Logical and Theological Fatalism

3 Causal Determinism

4 (In)compatibilism

5 Agent Causation

6 Obligation and Moral Responsibility

7 Perfect Freedom

Part II Compatibility Problems

8 The Consequence Argument and the Mind Argument

9 Manipulation and Direct Arguments

10 Freedom and Time Travel

11 Divine Freedom

12 Denialism

13 Revisionism

Part III The Science of Free Will

14 How the Laws Constrain: Causation, Counterfactuals, and Free Will

15 Free Will and Implicit Attitudes

16 The Role of Consciousness in Free Action

17 Neuroscience

18 A Defense of Natural Compatibilism

19 Libertarianism

Part IV Moral Responsibility

20 Children and Moral Responsibility

21 The Epistemic Condition of Moral Responsibility

22 Forgiveness and the Emotions

23 Free Will and Moral Luck

24 Basic Desert and the Appropriateness of Blame

25 Criminal Responsibility

Part V The Future

26 The Experience of Free Agency

27 The Future of the Causal Quest

28 Free Will and Reference

29 Meaning in Life and Free Will Skepticism

30 Free Will: Looking Ahead

31 Epilogue: Free Will Zombies

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-119-21015-1

1-119-21017-8

OCLC:

1381711696