Aspects of agency : decisions, abilities, explanations, and free will /

Libertarianism about free will is the conjunction of a negative thesis and a positive thesis. The negative thesis is that free will is incompatible with determinism. The positive thesis is that there are actions that are or involve exercises of free will - free actions, for short. While remaining ne...

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Decisions, abilities, explanations, and free will
1. Verfasser:
Mele, Alfred R.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Zusammenfassung:
Libertarianism about free will is the conjunction of a negative thesis and a positive thesis. The negative thesis is that free will is incompatible with determinism. The positive thesis is that there are actions that are or involve exercises of free will - free actions, for short. While remaining neutral of the negative thesis, this work develops a detailed version of the positive thesis that represents paradigmatically free actions as indeterministically caused by their proximal causes and pays special attention to decisions caused in this way.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 251 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2017.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-065999-8
0-19-066000-7
0-19-065998-X
Schlagworte:
Agent (Philosophy)
Act (Philosophy)
Free will and determinism.
Ethics.
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