Free Will

Graham McFee

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2000

Free Will

Graham McFee

Volume 1 in the series Central Problems of Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780773583283

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Free Will explores the determinist rejection of free will through detailed exposition of the central determinist argument and consideration of responses to each of its premises. At every stage familiar examples and case studies help frame and ground the argument.

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"Very clearly written, in a plain, accessible, and attractive way and in a style and manner that is approachable and engaging to a high degree. Students will gain a clear and secure sense of a good and effective mode of philosophical discussion and assessment, where positions are presented, analysed and evaluated in a non-dogmatic, non-programmatic way, in careful, open and palpably honest fashion, acknowledging that there can always be more to be said, and that avenues always remain to be explored. It deserves to become a firmly established text for students of this topic." N. J. H. Dent, Professor of Philosophy, University of Birmingham

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface and acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Free will: the issue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Determinism: expesitien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Determinism: qualifications and clarifications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Libertariaiiismt two varieties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Compatibilism I: the Ȝutilitarianȝ position Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Compatibilisnt II: the two-language view Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
The irrelevance of determinism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
The very idea of causal necessity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Conclusions and reflections on philosophical method Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Appendix: chaos theory and determinism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
A guide to farther reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181

Language: English
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 193

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Published: November 10, 2000
ISBN: 9780773583283