Puzzles for the will : fatalism, Newcomb and Samarra, determinism and omniscience / / Jordan Howard Sobel

• Autore: Sobel Jordan Howard
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Disciplina: 123
• Soggetto topico: Free will and determinism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Livres numeriques.; e-books.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Logical Fatalisms -- ; 2. Predicted Choices -- ; 3. Free Will and Varieties of Determinism -- ; 4. Newcomb Denuo, Omniscience, and 'Choiceless Freedom' -- Looking Back.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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."--BOOK JACKET. "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."--Jacket
• Titolo autorizzato: Puzzles for the will
• ISBN: 1-282-02846-4; 9786612028465; 1-4426-7892-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780564903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Toronto studies in philosophy.