Metasphysics of Free Will - An Essay on Control

Informationen zum Autor John Martin Fischer is Professor of Philosophy! University of California at Riverside. His previous publications include The Metephysics of Death (1993)! Ethics: Problems and Principles (1991)! and Moral Responsibility (1986). Klappentext The Metaphysics of Free Will provides a through statement of the major grounds for skepticism about the reality of free will and moral responsibility. The author identifies and explains the sort of control that is associated with personhood and accountability, and shows how it is consistent with causal determinism. In so doing, out view of ourselves as morally responsible agents is protected against the disturbing changes posed by science and religion. Zusammenfassung The Metaphysics of Free Will provides a through statement of the major grounds for skepticism about the reality of free will and moral responsibility. The author identifies and explains the sort of control that is associated with personhood and accountability! and shows how it is consistent with causal determinism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements. 1. The Issues. 2. The Transfer Principle: Its Plausability. 3. The Transfer Prnciple: Its Role. 4. The Laws and the Past: The Conditional Version of the Argument. 5. The Basic Version and Newcomba s Problem. 6. The Facts. 7. Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities. 8. Moral Responsibility and Guidance Control. 9. Putting it Together. Notes. Fischer Bibliography. Bibliography. Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Martin Fischer, John Martin (University of California) Fischer, Regena Thomashauer
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.09.1995
• EAN: 9781557868572
• ISBN: 978-1-55786-857-2
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Aristotelian Society Monograph
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge