03221nam 2200661 450 991045610240332120200520144314.01-282-02846-497866120284651-4426-7892-510.3138/9781442678927(CKB)2420000000004304(OCoLC)666912044(CaPaEBR)ebrary10219266(SSID)ssj0000307417(PQKBManifestationID)11226650(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307417(PQKBWorkID)10244098(PQKB)11541546(CaBNvSL)slc00211248 (MiAaPQ)EBC3255358(MiAaPQ)EBC4671871(DE-B1597)464787(OCoLC)944177544(DE-B1597)9781442678927(Au-PeEL)EBL4671871(CaPaEBR)ebr11257561(OCoLC)958565092(EXLCZ)99242000000000430420160923h19981998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPuzzles for the will fatalism, Newcomb and Samarra, determinism and omniscience /Jordan Howard SobelToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1998.©19981 online resource (227 p.) Toronto Studies in PhilosophyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8020-4326-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- PREFACE -- 1. LOGICAL FATALISMS -- 2. PREDICTED CHOICES -- 3. FREE WILL AND VARIETIES OF DETERMINISM -- 4. NEWCOMB DĒNŬŌ, OMNISCIENCE, AND 'CHOICELESS FREEDOM' -- LOOKING BACK -- REFERENCES -- INDEX 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.Toronto studies in philosophy.Free will and determinismElectronic books.Free will and determinism.123Sobel Jordan Howard252325MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456102403321Puzzles for the will2441001UNINA