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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959453403321

Autore

Beebee Helen

Titolo

Free Will : An Introduction / / by H. Beebee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

9780230232938

0230232930

9781137316066

1137316063

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Philosophy Today, , 2947-9347

Disciplina

123/.5

Soggetti

Metaphysics

Free will and determinism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Free Will: The Basics -- What Does Acting Freely Require? Some Compatibilist Views -- Compatibilism and the Consequence Argument -- Compatibilism, Sourcehood, and Manipulation Arguments -- What Does Acting Freely Require? Some "Incompatibilist Views" -- Frankfurt’s Nefarious Neurosurgeon -- Other Issues -- Back Matter.

Sommario/riassunto

This comprehensive introductory guide includes discussion of the major contemporary positions on compatibilism and incompatibilism, and of the central arguments that are a focus of the current debate, including the Consequence Argument, manipulation arguments, and Frankfurt's famous argument against the 'Principle of Alternate Possibilities.