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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449761503321

Autore

Double Richard

Titolo

Metaphilosophy and free will [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Double

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-45290-0

0-19-535541-5

1-4237-4093-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

123/.5

Soggetti

Free will and determinism

Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 1. Free Will Subjectivism and Metaphilosophy; 2. An Example of the Importance of Metaphilosophy; 3. A Provisional Definition of Free Choice; 4. Overview of the Book; I: THE FREE WILL PROBLEM AS A PROBLEM IN METAPHILOSOPHY; 2 Metaphilosophies; 3 Intermediate-Level Philosophical Principles; 4 How the Free Will Debate Depends on Metaphilosophy (I); 5 How the Free Will Debate Depends on Metaphilosophy (II); II: FREE WILL FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PHILOSOPHY AS CONTINUOUS WITH SCIENCE; 6 How to Frame the Free Will Problem; 7 The Fragmentation of Free Will

8 Free Will Is a Moral Concept9 Hume's Principle: The Subjectivity of Moral Responsibility and Free Will; 10 Conclusion; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In this text, the author looks at the contending schools of thought on the problem of free will. He argues that the free will problem is intractable because free will theorists are separated by metaphilosophical differences in the way they view the philosophical enterprise itself.