Issues of free will and determinism, with their far-reaching practical implications, hold a central place in the history of philosophy. In this book Jordan Howard Sobel looks at the many and varied approaches to this complex topic. The arguments analysed fall into two main groups: those from within the literature of fatalism or logical determinism, claiming that free will is impossible, and those from the field of causal determinism, granting that free will is logically possible but showing that we lack free will owing to certain contingent facts about the world. Sobel considers some problems for decision-making that arise if we grant the possibility that someone may be able to predict reliably what another agent will freely choose. Sobel's careful analysis lays a solid foundation for the study of free will and will interest all who are concerned with fated, determined, and predicted choices and how philosophical reflection about these can puzzle the will.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-13
9780802043269
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91451234
Product Key Features
Book Title
Puzzles for the Will
Author
Jordan Howard Sobel
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Nature, Popular Philosophy
Publication Year
1998
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
235mm
Item Width
160mm
Item Weight
512g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jordan Howard Sobel
Series Title
Toronto Studies in Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
Canada
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