Filosofía Americana: Ensayos

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Molina, Enrique, 1871-1964

Language:

Spanish

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Filosofía Americana: Ensayos" by Enrique Molina is a collection of philosophical essays written in the late 19th century. The work delves into complex themes such as freedom, determinism, and responsibility, aiming to clarify the often-confused concepts surrounding free will and determinism. Molina examines these philosophical debates in relation to human action, social constructs, and individual responsibility, setting the stage for a nuanced exploration of how these ideas influence personal and societal dynamics. The opening of the essay presents a thorough introduction to the long-standing debate between determinism and free will, acknowledging that misconceptions have clouded understanding in this area. Molina suggests that true clarity on the distinctions between different types of freedom-specifically empirical freedom and the philosophical notion of absolute free will-is essential for a meaningful discussion. He articulates that while people often consider themselves free, their actions are significantly influenced by deterministic factors, such as social, environmental, and psychological forces, leading to a more complicated view of autonomy and accountability. Throughout, Molina indicates that these complexities will be thoroughly examined in subsequent sections of the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

E-text prepared by Adrian Mastronardi, Carlos Colon, Rachael Schultz, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 34.9 (College-level). Difficult to read.

Release date is 2013-11-13