Libra Descartes and free will Thomas M. Lennon

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lennon, Thomas M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, Ren?e, 1596-1650.

Descartes, Ren?e.

Free will and determinism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

There is significant confusion and disagreement, especially among specialists, about Ren?e Descartes's views on freedom. Employing careful translations of his writings, and keen attention to their philosophical and historical context, Libra: Descartes and Free Will offers a fresh interpretation of Descartes' views on freedom that dispels many of these common misunderstandings. Placing Descartes's views on free will within the Platonic tradition, Thomas M. Lennon argues that Descartes is a compatibilist who believed that the will's freedom is compatible with its choice being determined by perceived evidence for it one way rather than the other. To know the good is to do the good, and to know the true is to accept the true

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 18, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780197830949

0197830943

OCLC:

1596819924

Publisher Number:

CIPO000406398

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license