Free will : a very short introduction / Thomas Pink.

By:

Pink, Thomas

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: 132 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:

0192853589

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DDC classification:

123.5 PIN

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Contents:

The free will problem -- Freedom as free will -- Reason -- Nature -- Morality without freedom? -- Scepticism about libertarian freedom -- Self-determination and the will -- Freedom and its place in nature.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	123.5 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	25/04/2022	39002000160490

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of free choices - some of them trivial, and some so consequential that they may change the course of our life, or even the course of history. But are these choices really free? Or are we compelled to act the way we do by factors beyond our control? Is the feeling that we could have made different decisions just an illusion? And if our choices are not free, why should we be held morally responsible for our actions?This Very Short Introduction, written by a leading authority on the subject, looks at a range of issues surrounding this fundamental philosophical question, exploring it from the ideas of the Greek and medieval philosophers through to the thoughts of present-day thinkers. It provides a interesting and incisive introduction to this perennially fascinating subject.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-129) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of illustrations (p. x)
1 The free will problem (p. 1)
2 Freedom as free will (p. 22)
3 Reason (p. 43)
4 Nature (p. 55)
5 Morality without freedom? (p. 73)
6 Scepticism about libertarian freedom (p. 80)
7 Self-determination and the will (p. 91)
8 Freedom and its place in nature (p. 104)
References (p. 124)
Further reading (p. 125)
Index (p. 130)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Thomas Pink is Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College, London. He works mainly in ethics, philosophy of mind and action, political philosophy, and philosophy of law. He also works on medieval and early modern philosophy. His publications include The Psychology of Freedom (CUP, 1996), and the edited collection (with Martin Stone) Theories of Human Action and the Will (forthcoming). He is also an associate editor of Mind.