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Freedom, Fatalism, and Foreknowledge
. Ed(S): Fischer, John Martin; Todd, Patrick
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Description for Freedom, Fatalism, and Foreknowledge
Paperback. The book collects previously published articles on fatalism and the relationship between divine foreknolwedge and human freedom and includes a substantial introductory essay and bibliography. Editor(s): Fischer, John Martin; Todd, Patrick. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 248 x 27. Weight in Grams: 548.
We typically think we have free will. But how could we have free will, if for anything we do, it was already true in the distant past that we would do that thing? Or how could we have free will, if God already knows in advance all the details of our lives? Such issues raise the specter of "fatalism". This book collects sixteen previously published articles on fatalism, truths about the future, and the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom, and includes a substantial introductory essay and bibliography. Many of the pieces collected here build bridges between discussions of ... Read more
We typically think we have free will. But how could we have free will, if for anything we do, it was already true in the distant past that we would do that thing? Or how could we have free will, if God already knows in advance all the details of our lives? Such issues raise the specter of "fatalism". This book collects sixteen previously published articles on fatalism, truths about the future, and the relationship between divine foreknowledge and human freedom, and includes a substantial introductory essay and bibliography. Many of the pieces collected here build bridges between discussions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199942411
SKU
V9780199942411
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About . Ed(S): Fischer, John Martin; Todd, Patrick
John Martin Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, where he has held a University of California President's Chair (2006-10). He was President of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (2013-4). He is Project Leader of The Immortality Project (2011-14), sponsored by The John Templeton Foundation. Patrick Todd is a new faculty member (as ... Read more
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