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Libertarian Free Will: Contemporary Debates
Libertarian Free Will: Contemporary Debates
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According to the libertarian position on free will, people sometimes exercise free will, but this freedom is incompatible with the truth of causal determinism. Frequently maligned within the history of philosophy, this view has recently gained increasingly sympathetic attention among
philosophers. But stark questions remain: How plausible is this view? If our actions are not causally determined, how can we have control over them? Why should we want our actions to be breaks in the deterministic causal chain? The recent resurgence of interest in libertarianism is due, most significantly, to Robert Kane, who is the leading contemporary defender of this view of free will. This book is a collection of new essays on the libertarian position on free will and related issues that focuses specifically on the
views of Kane. Written by a distinguished group of philosophers, the essays cover various areas of philosophy including metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of mind. Kane contributes a final essay, replying to the criticisms offered in the previous chapters and developing his view in new directions.
Author: David Palmer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/31/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780199860081
Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2015 pg. 1514
philosophers. But stark questions remain: How plausible is this view? If our actions are not causally determined, how can we have control over them? Why should we want our actions to be breaks in the deterministic causal chain? The recent resurgence of interest in libertarianism is due, most significantly, to Robert Kane, who is the leading contemporary defender of this view of free will. This book is a collection of new essays on the libertarian position on free will and related issues that focuses specifically on the
views of Kane. Written by a distinguished group of philosophers, the essays cover various areas of philosophy including metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of mind. Kane contributes a final essay, replying to the criticisms offered in the previous chapters and developing his view in new directions.
Author: David Palmer
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/31/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780199860081
Review Citation(s):
Choice 05/01/2015 pg. 1514
About the Author
David Palmer is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Tennessee. He specializes in ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of action. He has published on the topics of free will, moral responsibility, and applied ethics.
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