How Free are You?: Determinism Problem - Softcover

Honderich, Ted

 
9780192831392: How Free are You?: Determinism Problem
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0192831399 ISBN 13: 9780192831392
Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks, 1993

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This is a concise introduction to one of the central questions of philosophy that should be of interest to students and general readers - are humans subject to determinism of do we posess free will, and thus responsibility for our actions? The first six chapters of the book deal with the rival claims of the two theories and investigate whether either of them is clear, consistent, complete and demonstrably true. This inquiry in itself amounts to a complete philosophy of mind. The last four chapters deal with the implications of determinism and its significance in our public and private actions. Honderich examines the doctrines of compatibilism, which argues that humans are subject to causation but nevertheless free; and incompatibilism, which sees determinism and freedom as mutually exclusive. This debate has been one of philosophy's main battlegrounds for centuries, with thinkers as distinguished as Hume and Kant in opposite camps.

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About the Author:
Ted Honderich is Grote Professor of Mind and Logic, University College, London. He is the author and editor of many books on philosophy including A Theory of Determinism, Violence for Equality, and The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (forthcoming).

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Verlag
Oxford Paperbacks
Erscheinungsdatum
1993
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0192831399
ISBN 13 
9780192831392
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Anzahl der Seiten
154
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