Free Will as an Open Scientific Problem.
by
Balaguer, Mark.
Title
:
Free Will as an Open Scientific Problem.
Author
:
Balaguer, Mark.
ISBN
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9780262258548
Personal Author
:
Balaguer, Mark.
Physical Description
:
1 online resource (213 pages)
Contents
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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why the Compatibilism Issue and the Conceptual-Analysis Issue Are Metaphysically Irrelevant -- 3 Why the Libertarian Question Reduces to the Issue of Indeterminacy -- 4 Why There Are No Good Arguments for or against Determinism (or Any Other Thesis That Would Establish or Refute Libertarianism) -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract
:
An argument that the problem of free will boils down to an open scientific question about the causal histories of certain kinds of neural events.
Local Note
:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
:
Electronic books. -- local.
Ethics.
Free will and determinism.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
|---|
| IYTE Library | E-Book | 1316436-1001 | BJ1461 -- .B25 2009 EB | Ebrary E-Books |