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Free Will

Sourcehood and its Alternatives [Hardback]

by Usa) Professor Kevin Timpe (northwest Nazarene University

    • Book Format

      hardback

    • Publisher

      Continuum

    • Published

      September 2008

    • Edition

      2nd edition

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      Much contemporary scholarship on free will focuses on whether it is compatible with causal determinism. According to compatibilists, it is possible for an agent to be determined in all her choices and actions and still be free. Incompatibilists, on the other hand, think that the existence of free will is incompatible with the truth of determinism.

      There are two dominant general conceptions of the nature of free will. According to the first of these, free will is primarily a function of being able to do otherwise than one in fact does. On this view, free will centrally depends upon alternative possibilities. The second approach focuses instead on issues of sourcehood, holding that free will is primarily a function of an agent being the source of her actions in a particular way.

      This book demarcates these two different conceptions free will, explores the relationship between them, and examines how they relate to the debate between compatibilists and incompatibilists. It ultimately argues for a version of Source Incompatibilism.


      Part I. Introducing the Issues

      1. The Basics
        Part II. Alternative Possibilities
      2. The Debate Over the Ability to Do Otherwise
      3. The Dilemma Defense
      4. The Flicker Strategy
        Part III. The Importance of Sourcehood
      5. Sourcehood as Compatible with Determinism
      6. Sourcehood and Incompatibilism
      7. Sourcehood and Alternative Possibilities
        Bibliography
        Index

      Specification

      • Book Format

        hardback

      • Publisher

        Continuum

      • Published

        September 2008

      • Edition

        2nd edition

      • Weight

        395g

      • Page Count

        224

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 12 mm

      • ISBN

        9780826496256

      • ISBN-10

        0826496253

      • Eden Code

        1232954

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      • ISBN: 9780826496256

      • Publisher: Continuum

      • Release Date: September 2008

      • Weight: 395g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 12 mm

      • Eden Code: 1232954


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