Free Will and Epistemology
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Free Will and Epistemology

A Defence of the Transcendental Argument for Freedom

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Free Will and Epistemology

A Defence of the Transcendental Argument for Freedom

About this book

In the first in-depth study of the transcendental argument for decades, Free Will and Epistemology defends a modern version of the famous transcendental argument for free will: that we could not be justified in undermining a strong notion of free will, as a strong notion of free will is required for any such process of undermining to be itself epistemically justified. By arguing for a conception of internalism that goes back to the early days of the internalist-externalist debates, it draws on work by Richard Foley, William Alston and Alvin Plantinga to explain the importance of epistemic deontology and its role in the transcendental argument. It expands on the principle that 'ought' implies 'can' and presents a strong case for a form of self-determination. With references to cases in the neuroscientific and cognitive-psychological literature, Free Will and Epistemology provides an original contribution to work on epistemic justification and the free will debate.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. List of Tables
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Internalism as a Thin Deontological Concept
  8. 2 The Regulative and the Theoretical
  9. 3 Epistemic Deontologism and Control
  10. 4 Epistemic Agency and Executive Control
  11. 5 The Ineliminability of Internalism
  12. 6 Ought Implies Can: Deontic Leeway Entailments
  13. 7 The Lazy Argument
  14. 8 Transcendental Arguments for Freedom I
  15. 9 Self-Determination and Determination by Reasons
  16. 10 Transcendental Arguments for Freedom II
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index