Humean Libertarianism /
Backmann, Marius
Humean Libertarianism / Marius Backmann. - 1 online resource
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 DETERMINISM -- 2 NECESSITY AND LAWS OF NATURE -- 3 LIBERTARIANISM -- 4 OBJECTIONS AGAINST EVENT-CAUSAL LIBERTARIANISM -- 5 HUMEAN LIBERTARIANISM: FORTES, FOIBLES, AND FUTURE FOLLIES -- REFERENCES
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
What does it mean for an agent to be free? Is determinism true? What are laws of nature? This book deals with the interconnections between these questions. Backmann argues for the view that libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism. In order to reach this goal, libertarianism - classically defined as an incompatibilist theory of free will - is defined as the thesis that at the time of decision, the agent must be able to choose between alternative courses of action. Backmann claims that this notion of libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism provided that determinism is understood in a Humean fashion, i.e. backed by a Humean theory of laws of nature. The resulting view - Humean Libertarianism - is an intermediate position between classical compatibilism and incompatibilism.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110320503 9783110320701
10.1515/9783110320701 doi
David Hume.
Determinism.
Determinismus.
Free Will.
Freier Wille.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.
Humean Libertarianism / Marius Backmann. - 1 online resource
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 DETERMINISM -- 2 NECESSITY AND LAWS OF NATURE -- 3 LIBERTARIANISM -- 4 OBJECTIONS AGAINST EVENT-CAUSAL LIBERTARIANISM -- 5 HUMEAN LIBERTARIANISM: FORTES, FOIBLES, AND FUTURE FOLLIES -- REFERENCES
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
What does it mean for an agent to be free? Is determinism true? What are laws of nature? This book deals with the interconnections between these questions. Backmann argues for the view that libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism. In order to reach this goal, libertarianism - classically defined as an incompatibilist theory of free will - is defined as the thesis that at the time of decision, the agent must be able to choose between alternative courses of action. Backmann claims that this notion of libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism provided that determinism is understood in a Humean fashion, i.e. backed by a Humean theory of laws of nature. The resulting view - Humean Libertarianism - is an intermediate position between classical compatibilism and incompatibilism.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110320503 9783110320701
10.1515/9783110320701 doi
David Hume.
Determinism.
Determinismus.
Free Will.
Freier Wille.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.