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Libertarian Free Will: Contemporary Debates


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According to the libertarian position on free will, people sometimes exercise free will, but this freedom is incompatible with the truth of causal determinism. Frequently maligned within the history of philosophy, this view has recently gained increasingly sympathetic attention among philosophers. But stark questions remain: How plausible is this view? If our actions are not causally determined, how can we have control over them? Why should we want our actions to be breaks in the deterministic causal chain? The recent resurgence of interest in libertarianism is due, most significantly, to Robert Kane, who is the leading contemporary defender of this view of free will. This book is a collection of new essays on the libertarian position on free will and related issues that focuses specifically on the views of Kane. Written by a distinguished group of philosophers, the essays cover various areas of philosophy including metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of mind. Kane contributes a final essay, replying to the criticisms offered in the previous chapters and developing his view in new directions.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Contributors 1. Free will, libertarianism, and Kane David Palmer Part I: Libertarian Theories of Free Will 2. Can an indeterministic cause leave a choice up to the agent? Carl Ginet 3. Free will and metaphysics Timothy O'Connor Part II: The Luck Objection 4. Kane, luck, and control: Trying to get by without too much effort Alfred Mele 5. Toward a solution to the luck problem John Martin Fischer Part III: Incompatibilism and Omissions 6. Compatibilist ultimacy: Resisting the threat of Kane's U condition Michael McKenna 7. The direct argument for incompatibilism David Widerker and Ira M. Schnall 8. Freedom, responsibility, and omitting to act Randolph Clarke Part IV: The Significance of Free Will 9. Responsibility for emotions, alternative possibilities, and reasons Ishtiyaque Haji 10. Moral responsibility, the reactive attitudes, and the significance of (libertarian) free will Dana Kay Nelkin 11. The dialectic of selfhood and the significance of free will Derk Pereboom Part V: Kane's Reply 12. New arguments in debates on libertarian free will: Responses to contributors Robert Kane References Index

About the Author :
David Palmer is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Tennessee. He specializes in ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of action. He has published on the topics of free will, moral responsibility, and applied ethics.

Review :
"Overall this book provides high quality discussions of many of the most important issues in the free will debate. It would make excellent reading for anyone interested in the current state of the discussion of Kane's views or of the free will debate in general." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online "This astute, jargon-free collection is for advanced scholars. It will be valuable for libraries with contemporary books on this topic and Kane's 1996 work... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty." --Choice


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199860081
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 155 mm
  • No of Pages: 248
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 454 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0199860084
  • Publisher Date: 20 Nov 2014
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Contemporary Debates
  • Width: 236 mm


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