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The Will and Its Shadows: Free Will from Schopenhauer to Psychology(31 Philosophical Dialogues)

The Will and Its Shadows: Free Will from Schopenhauer to Psychology(31 Philosophical Dialogues)


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Few ideas have shaped our self-understanding more profoundly than the belief in free will. It stands at the heart of our legal systems, our moral intuitions, our religious traditions, and even our sense of personal identity. We praise heroes and punish criminals because we assume they could have chosen otherwise. We speak of dreams and discipline, of failures and second chances, all under the assumption that we are the authors of our own lives. And yet, when we look more closely - philosophically, psychologically, neurologically - this assumption begins to fracture. What if our choices are not as free as they feel? What if the self is not a sovereign chooser but a complex, conditioned system? What happens to morality, responsibility, growth, and meaning if free will is, as some have claimed, an illusion? This book was born from these unsettling questions. It is neither a polemic nor a defense, but an attempt to walk with clarity and curiosity through one of philosophy's oldest and most urgent debates. Along the way, we meet Schopenhauer, who stripped the will of its illusions; Nietzsche, who challenged the morality built atop them; and psychologists and neuroscientists who today explore how decisions are made, often before we're even aware of them. Rather than offering simple answers, the chapters that follow aim to illuminate the terrain: the metaphysical roots of the free will debate, the structure of the self, the limits of agency, and the possibility of living meaningfully in a world where our freedom is, at best, redefined. If this journey is successful, it may unsettle some assumptions-but also open up new ways to think about justice, growth, identity, and compassion. For in giving up the fantasy of being uncaused, we may find a more grounded, more humane vision of what it means to be human. This book is for those willing to confront uncomfortable ideas, to question what they've taken for granted, and to see that sometimes, liberation lies not in what we believe about ourselves, but in what we are brave enough to rethink. Dr. Cor P.M van Houte studied psychology and philosophy.


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  • ISBN-13: 9798283672687
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 232
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 367 gr
  • ISBN-10: 8283672681
  • Publisher Date: 12 May 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: 31 Philosophical Dialogues
  • Sub Title: Free Will from Schopenhauer to Psychology
  • Width: 152 mm


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