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This book employs Heidegger's work of the 1920s and early 1930s to
develop distinctively Heideggerian accounts of agency, freedom, and
responsibility, making the case that Heidegger's thought provides a
compelling alternative to the mainstream philosophical accounts of
these concepts. Hans Pedersen demonstrates that Heidegger's thought
can be fruitfully used to develop a plausible alternative
understanding of agency that avoids the metaphysical commitments
that give rise to the standard free-will debate. The first several
chapters are devoted to working out an account of the ontological
structure of human agency, specifically focusing on the
Heideggerian understanding of the role of mental states, causal
explanations, and deliberation in human agency, arguing that action
need not be understood in terms of the causal efficacy of mental
states. In the following chapters, building on the prior account of
agency, Pedersen develops Heideggerian accounts of freedom and
responsibility. Having shown that action need not be understood
causally, the Heideggerian view thereby avoids the conflict between
free will and determinism that gives rise to the problem of free
will and the correlative problem of responsibility.
This volume centers on the exploration of the ways in which the
canonical texts and thinkers of the phenomenological and
existential tradition can be utilized to address contemporary,
concrete philosophical issues. In particular, the included
essays address the key facets of the work of Charles Guignon, and
as such, honor and extend his thought and approach to philosophy.
To this end, the four main sections of the volume deal with the
question of authenticity, i.e. what it means to be an authentic
person, the ways in which the phenomenological and existential
traditions can impact the sciences, how best to understand the fact
of human mortality, and, finally, the ways philosophical reflection
can help address current questions of value. The volume is designed
primarily to serve as a secondary resource for students and
specialists interested in rediscovering the practical application
of existential and phenomenological thought. The collection of
scholarly essays, then, could be used in conjunction with some of
the more recent scholarship concerning the practical value of
philosophy. Along with contributing to previous scholarship, the
essays in this proposed volume attempt to update and expand the
scope of phenomenological and existential inquiry. ​
This volume centers on the exploration of the ways in which the
canonical texts and thinkers of the phenomenological and
existential tradition can be utilized to address contemporary,
concrete philosophical issues. In particular, the included essays
address the key facets of the work of Charles Guignon, and as such,
honor and extend his thought and approach to philosophy. To this
end, the four main sections of the volume deal with the question of
authenticity, i.e. what it means to be an authentic person, the
ways in which the phenomenological and existential traditions can
impact the sciences, how best to understand the fact of human
mortality, and, finally, the ways philosophical reflection can help
address current questions of value. The volume is designed
primarily to serve as a secondary resource for students and
specialists interested in rediscovering the practical application
of existential and phenomenological thought. The collection of
scholarly essays, then, could be used in conjunction with some of
the more recent scholarship concerning the practical value of
philosophy. Along with contributing to previous scholarship, the
essays in this proposed volume attempt to update and expand the
scope of phenomenological and existential inquiry.
This book employs Heidegger's work of the 1920s and early 1930s to
develop distinctively Heideggerian accounts of agency, freedom, and
responsibility, making the case that Heidegger's thought provides a
compelling alternative to the mainstream philosophical accounts of
these concepts. Hans Pedersen demonstrates that Heidegger's thought
can be fruitfully used to develop a plausible alternative
understanding of agency that then avoids the main problems of the
standard free will debate. Part I is dedicated to working out a
general Heideggerian conception of agency, specifically focusing on
the roles of causality, mental states, and deliberation in human
agency. In Part II, based on the account of agency worked out in
Part I, Pedersen develops Heideggerian accounts of freedom and
responsibility that are not based on the causal efficacy of
explicit mental states in human action, thereby avoiding the
conflict between free will and determinism that gives rise to the
standard philosophical debate over free will.
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