How Physics Makes Us Free

Zusatztext [a] very welcome contribution to this literature. Informationen zum Autor J.T. Ismael is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. She is the author of The Situated Self (OUP, 2007) and Essays on Symmetry (2001). Klappentext J.T. Ismael's book will be the first to truly examine the question of what physics actually tell us about whether or not we are free to act. Her conclusions are surprising and engaging, and importantly show that physics does actually not say that we are not free. Zusammenfassung J.T. Ismael's book will be the first to truly examine the question of what physics actually tell us about whether or not we are free to act. Her conclusions are surprising and engaging, and importantly show that physics does actually not say that we are not free.

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• Authors: J. T. Ismael, J. T. (Professor of Philosophy Ismael, J.T. Ismael, Jenann Ismael
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780190269449
• ISBN: 978-0-19-026944-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy