
- 330 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
As an advanced introduction to the challenging topic of free will, this book is designed for upper-level undergraduates interested in a comprehensive first-stop into the field's issues and debates. It is written by two of the leading participants in those debates—a compatibilist on the issue of free will and determinism (Michael McKenna) and an incompatibilist (Derk Pereboom). These two authors achieve an admirable objectivity and clarity while still illuminating the field's complexity and key advances. Each chapter is structured to work as one week's primary reading in a course on free will, while more advanced courses can dip into the annotated further readings, suggested at the end of each chapter. A comprehensive bibliography as well as detailed subject and author indexes are included at the back of the book.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Determinism
- 2 The Free Will Problem
- 3 Classical Compatibilism and Classical Incompatibilism
- 4 The Debate over the Consequence Argument
- 5 Alternative Possibilities and Frankfurt Cases
- 6 Strawsonian Compatibilism
- 7 Three Source Incompatibilist Arguments
- 8 Contemporary Compatibilism
- 9 Contemporary Compatibilism
- 10 Contemporary Incompatibilism
- 11 Contemporary Incompatibilism
- 12 Revisionism and Some Remaining Issues
- Bibliography
- Index of authors cited