Freedom of the Will
Author: Jonathan Edwards
Publisher:
Published: 1860
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13:
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The Freedom of the Will
Author: John Randolph Lucas
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author, who pioneered this argument in 1961, here places it in the context of traditional discussions of the problem, and answers various criticisms that have been made.
The Will to Reason
Author: C. P. Ragland
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0190264454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 'Giving Aid Effectively', Mark T. Buntaine argues that countries that are members of international organizations have prompted multilateral development banks to give development and environmental aid more effectively by generating better information about performance.
Free Will and Epistemology
Author: Robert Lockie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2018-01-11
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1350029068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the first in-depth study of the transcendental argument for decades, Free Will and Epistemology defends a modern version of the famous transcendental argument for free will: that we could not be justified in undermining a strong notion of free will, as a strong notion of free will is required for any such process of undermining to be itself epistemically justified. By arguing for a conception of internalism that goes back to the early days of the internalist-externalist debates, it draws on work by Richard Foley, William Alston and Alvin Plantinga to explain the importance of epistemic deontology and its role in the transcendental argument. It expands on the principle that 'ought' implies 'can' and presents a strong case for a form of self-determination. With references to cases in the neuroscientific and cognitive-psychological literature, Free Will and Epistemology provides an original contribution to work on epistemic justification and the free will debate.
Free Will
Author: Sam Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-03-06
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1451683405
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion. A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion. In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.
Freedom from the Free Will
Author: Dimitris Vardoulakis
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2016-08-30
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 1438462417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany of Kafka's narratives place their heroes in situations of confinement. Gregor Samsa is locked in his room in the Metamorphosis, and the land surveyor in The Castle is stuck in the village unable either to leave or to gain access to the castle. Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that Kafka constructs these plots of confinement in order to laugh at his heroes' futile attempts to express their will. In this way, Kafka emerges as a critic of the free will and as a proponent of a different kind of freedom: one focused within the confines of one's experience and mediated by one's circumstances. Vardoulakis contends that his sense of humor is the key to understanding Kafka as a political thinker. Laughter, in this account, is the tool used to deconstruct power. By placing Kafka in dialogue with philosophy and political theory, Vardoulakis shows that Kafka can give us invaluable insights into how to be free—and how to laugh.
Freedom Regained
Author: Julian Baggini
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2015-04-02
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1847087191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo we have free will? It's a question that has puzzled philosophers and theologians for centuries and feeds into numerous political, social, and personal concerns. Are we products of our culture, or free agents within it? How much responsibility should we take for our actions? Are our neural pathways fixed early on by a mixture of nature and nurture, or is the possibility of comprehensive, intentional psychological change always open to us? What role does our brain play in the construction of free will, and how much scientific evidence is there for the existence of it? What exactly are we talking about when we talk about 'freedom' anyway? In this cogent and compelling book, Julian Baggini explores the concept of free will from every angle, blending philosophy, neuroscience, sociology and cognitive science. Freedom Regained brings the issues raised by the possibilities - and denials - of free will to vivid life, drawing on scientific research and fascinating encounters with expert witnesses, from artists to addicts, prisoners to dissidents. Contemporary thinking tells us that free will is an illusion, and Baggini challenges this position, providing instead a new, more positive understanding of our sense of personal freedom: a freedom worth having.
The Human Will
Author: Thomas Hughes
Publisher:
Published: 1867
Total Pages: 428
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Author: Hugh J. McCann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 0190611200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe articles in the present collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. Together they provide a historical and contemporary overview of problems in the theology of freedom, along with recent work by some important philosophers in the field aimed at resolving those problems.
Freedom Evolves
Author: Daniel C. Dennett
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2004-01-27
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 1101572663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers “yes!” Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original arguments—drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy—that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally. In Freedom Evolves, Dennett seeks to place ethics on the foundation it deserves: a realistic, naturalistic, potentially unified vision of our place in nature.
