Free Will and Human Agency: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (e-bog) af Pendergraft, Garrett
Pendergraft, Garrett (forfatter)

Free Will and Human Agency: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments e-bog

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In this new kind of entree to contemporary discussions of free will and human agency, Garrett Pendergraft collects and illuminates 50 of the most relevant puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments. Assuming no familiarity with the philosophical literature on free will, each chapter describes a case, explains the questions that it raises, briefly summarizes some of the key responses to the cas...
E-bog 230,54 DKK
Forfattere Pendergraft, Garrett (forfatter)
Forlag Routledge
Udgivet 21 juli 2022
Længde 264 sider
Genrer HP
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781000605358
In this new kind of entree to contemporary discussions of free will and human agency, Garrett Pendergraft collects and illuminates 50 of the most relevant puzzles, paradoxes, and thought experiments. Assuming no familiarity with the philosophical literature on free will, each chapter describes a case, explains the questions that it raises, briefly summarizes some of the key responses to the case, and provides a list of suggested readings. Every chapter is accessible, succinct, and self-contained. The puzzles are divided into five broad categories: the threat from fatalism, the threat from determinism, practical reason, social dimensions, and moral luck. Entries cover topics such as the grandfather paradox, theological fatalism, the consequence argument, manipulation arguments, luck arguments, weakness of will, action explanation, addiction, blame and punishment, situationism in moral psychology, and Huckleberry Finn. Free Will and Human Agency is an effective and engaging teaching tool as well as a handy resource for anyone interested in exploring the questions that have made human agency a topic of perennial philosophical interest.Key Features:Though concise overall, offers broad coverage of the key areas of free will and human agency.Describes each imaginative case directly and in a memorable way, making the cases accessible and easy to remember.Provides a list of suggested readings for each case.