On determinism and freedom / Ted Honderich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Honderich, Ted, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2005]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748618415);The most recalcitrant problem of philosophy, free will, laid out and taken beyond unsatisfactory standard solutions by Britain's foremost working philosopher.Determinism comes in many forms, some confused, some inconsistent, some incomplete. Some philosophers maintain that determinism is incompatible with true freedom. And others, that determinism is no threat to our freedom. But are these philosophers really assigning an 'unfreedom' to us and merely pretending that we are responsible for our choices and acts of love and violence?Ted Honderich argues that there are strong reasons to think both positions wrong. Developing from where his earlier work left off, he considers there is a new and more difficult problem of determinism. It too can lead to the thought that we are unfree but morally responsible. As he demonstrates, the hardest and deepest question in philosophy needs a really different answer."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One. What Effects Are

Chapter Two. Determinism and its Consequences for Us

Chapter Three. The Will, Reasons, Determinism’s Incoherence

Chapter Four. Is the Mind Ahead of the Brain? Behind It?

Chapter Five. Mind the Guff

Chapter Six. Determinism True, Compatibilism and Incompatibilism False, Another Problem

Chapter Seven. After Compatibilism and Incompatibilism –and Attitudinism?

Acknowledgements

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-6929-9