| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustration |
| Series |
Synthese library, 2542-8292 ; v. 451 |
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Synthese library ; v. 451. 2542-8292
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| Contents |
Introduction (C. Austin, A. Marmodoro and A. Roselli) -- 1. What's dynamic about causal powers? A black box! (Anna Marmodoro) -- 2. Toppling the pyramids. Physics without physical state monism (William M. R. Simpson and Simon Horsley) -- 3. Dispositional essentialism in the eternalist block (Andrea Roselli) -- 4. A dynamic B theory of time (Robert C.Koons) -- 5. Libertarian freedom in an eternalist world? (Ben Page) -- 6. The temporal structure of agency (Janice Chik) -- 7. Freedom of the will and rational abilities (Erasmus Mayr) -- 8. The power to will freely: how to re-think about the problem of free will without laws of nature (Daniel De Haan) -- 9. Laws loosened (Helen Steward) -- 10. The problem of radical freedom (Andreas Huttemann) -- 11. How the libet tradition can contribute to understanding human action rather than free will (Sofia Bonicalzi and Mario de Caro) -- 12. The Consequence Argument and an ontology of dispositions (Mauro Dorato) -- 13. Super-Humeanism and mental causation (Michael Esfeld) |
| Summary |
This book brings together twelve original contributions by leading scholars on the much-debated issues of what is free will and how can we exercise it in a world governed by laws of nature. Which conception of laws of nature best fits with how we conceive of free will? And which constraints does our conception of the laws of nature place on how we think of free will? The metaphysics of causation and the metaphysics of dispositions are also explored in this edited volume, in relation to whether they may or may not be game-changers in how we think about both free will and the laws of nature. The volume presents the views of a range of international experts on these issues, and aims at providing the reader with novel approaches to a core problem in philosophy. The target audience is composed by academics and scholars who are interested in an original and contemporary approach to these long-debated issues. Chapters [2] and [4] are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com |
| Bibliography |
References -- Chapter 3: Dispositional Essentialism in the Eternalist Block -- 3.1 Temporal Dynamism in the Metaphysics of Time -- 3.2 The Incompatibility Argument -- 3.3 The Argument Is Either Trivial or False -- References -- Chapter 4: A Dynamic B Theory of Time -- 4.1 Free Will and Causal Powers -- 4.2 Does Free Will Require the a Theory of Time? -- 4.3 The Challenges of Logical Fatalism and the Unreality of Change -- 4.4 A Formal Model of Dynamic B Theory -- 4.5 McTaggartś Challenge to the a Theory Applied to Dynamic B Theory |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 11, 2022) |
| Subject |
Free will and determinism.
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Causation.
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Metaphysics.
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Personal Autonomy
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Metaphysics
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metaphysics.
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Causation
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Free will and determinism
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Metaphysics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Austin, Christopher J., editor.
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Marmodoro, Anna, 1975- editor.
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Roselli, Andrea, editor
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| ISBN |
9783030924867 |
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3030924866 |
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