Free Will: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Pink, Thomas

 
9780192853585: Free Will: A Very Short Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0192853589 ISBN 13: 9780192853585
Verlag: OUP Oxford, 2004

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Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of free choices - some of them trivial, and some so consequential that they may change the course of our life, or even the course of history. But are these choices really free? Or are we compelled to act the way we do by factors beyond our control? Is the feeling that we could have made different decisions just an illusion? And if our choices are not free, why should we be held morally responsible for our actions?

This Very Short Introduction, written by a leading authority on the subject, looks at a range of issues surrounding this fundamental philosophical question, exploring it from the ideas of the Greek and medieval philosophers through to the thoughts of present-day thinkers. It provides a interesting and incisive introduction to this perennially fascinating subject.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Thomas Pink is Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College, London. He works mainly in ethics, philosophy of mind and action, political philosophy, and philosophy of law. He also works on medieval and early modern philosophy. His publications include The Psychology of Freedom (CUP, 1996), and the edited collection (with Martin Stone) Theories of Human Action and the Will (forthcoming). He is also an associate editor of Mind.

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Verlag
OUP Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0192853589
ISBN 13 
9780192853585
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
144
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