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Free: Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will
Alfred R. Mele
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Description for Free: Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will
Hardcover. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 210.
Does free will exist? The question has fueled heated debates spanning from philosophy to psychology and religion. The answer has major implications, and the stakes are high. To put it in the simple terms that have come to dominate these debates, if we are free to make our own decisions, we are accountable for what we do, and if we aren't free, we're off the hook. There are neuroscientists who claim that our decisions are made unconsciously and are therefore outside of our control and social psychologists who argue that myriad imperceptible factors influence even our minor decisions to ... Read more
Does free will exist? The question has fueled heated debates spanning from philosophy to psychology and religion. The answer has major implications, and the stakes are high. To put it in the simple terms that have come to dominate these debates, if we are free to make our own decisions, we are accountable for what we do, and if we aren't free, we're off the hook. There are neuroscientists who claim that our decisions are made unconsciously and are therefore outside of our control and social psychologists who argue that myriad imperceptible factors influence even our minor decisions to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199371624
SKU
V9780199371624
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About Alfred R. Mele
Alfred R. Mele is the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of eight previous Oxford books, including Free Will and Luck (2006), Effective Intentions (2009), Backsliding (2012), and A Dialogue on Free Will and Science (2013). He also is the editor or co-editor of five OUP books, including The ... Read more
Reviews for Free: Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will
A must read for all who are concerned with free will.
Prabuddha Bharata
Both serious and fun
Theology, Robin Gill
Short and businesslike... a model of accessible philosophical argument
New Statesman, Rowan Williams
... his book is a model of accessible philosophical argument.
New Statesman
Alfred Mele's beautifully written and easily accessible ... Read more
Prabuddha Bharata
Both serious and fun
Theology, Robin Gill
Short and businesslike... a model of accessible philosophical argument
New Statesman, Rowan Williams
... his book is a model of accessible philosophical argument.
New Statesman
Alfred Mele's beautifully written and easily accessible ... Read more