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UNINA9910460214803321 |
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Titolo |
Freedom, fatalism, and foreknowledge [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Martin Fischer and Patrick Todd |
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New York, NY, : Oxford University Press, c2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-994239-0 |
0-19-027333-X |
0-19-994240-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (417 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FischerJohn Martin <1952-> |
ToddPatrick <1983-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Free will and determinism |
Fate and fatalism |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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We typically think we have free will. But how could we have free will, if for anything we do, it was already true in the distant past that we would do that thing? Or how could we have free will, if God already knows in advance all the details of our lives? Such issues raise the specter of ""fatalism"". This book collects sixteen previously published articles on fatalism, truths about the future, and the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom, and includes a substantial introductory essay and bibliography. Many of the pieces collected here build bridges between discussions |
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