Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Free will: the issue -- 2. Determinism: exposition -- 3. Determinism: qualifications and clarifications -- 4. Libertarianism: two varieties -- 5. Compatiblism I: the "utilitarian" position -- 6. Compatibilism II: the two-language view -- 7. The irrelevance of determinism -- 8. The very idea of causal necessity -- 9. Conclusions and reflections on philosophical method -- Appendix: chaos theory and determinism -- Notes -- A guide to further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.