Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910

Klappentext Smith takes an in-depth look at the question of free will through the prism of different disciplines in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Belief in Free Will: What Was at Stake? 2 Physiology and Mind in the 1870s 3 Shaping the Science of Psychology 4 Volition and Mental Activity 5 Causation and Effort 6 The Moral Agent 7 History and Society 8 The Legacy

Product details

• Authors: Roger Smith
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9781848933590
• ISBN: 978-1-84893-359-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Science and Culture in the Nin
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)