The Libertarian Dilemma (Paperback)

According to incompatibilism, determinism precludes free will. Libertarians are incompatibilists who also believe in free will. Hence, theyre committed to free wills requiring the falsity of determinismindeterminism. The trouble is that the very indeterminism which the libertarians need seem inimical to free will in that it is hard to see how indeterministic events can be under the agents control. This, in short, is the so-called Libertarian Dilemma: free will seems incompatible with determinism, but it also seems incompatible with indeterminismso, free will seems impossible. This book offers an in-depth analysis of this problem and some of the major contemporary attempts by libertarians to forge a successful way out of it. In doing so, some central issues in the metaphysics of free will are analyzed in detail, e.g., the logic of contemporary arguments for each of the horns of the dilemma; the problem of locating the libertarians requisite indeterminism; the nature of agent causation and its prospects for solving the dilemma. This book will be of interest to philosophers or students of philosophy who have an interest in the metaphysics of free will.

General

Imprint:	VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	October 2008
First published:	October 2008
Authors:	Sean Choi
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-3-639-08441-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	3-639-08441-1
Barcode:	9783639084412

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