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Why Free Will Is Real / Christian List.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674239807
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 123/.5 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1461 .L55 2019eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Free Will -- 2. Three Challenges -- 3. In Defence of Intentional Agency -- 4. In Defence of Alternative Possibilities -- 5. In Defence of Causal Control -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Many scientists and scientifically-minded philosophers are skeptical that free will exists. In clear, scientifically rigorous terms, Christian List explains that free will is like other real phenomena that emerge from physical laws but are autonomous from them—like an ecosystem or the economy—and are indispensable for explaining our world.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674239807

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Free Will -- 2. Three Challenges -- 3. In Defence of Intentional Agency -- 4. In Defence of Alternative Possibilities -- 5. In Defence of Causal Control -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Many scientists and scientifically-minded philosophers are skeptical that free will exists. In clear, scientifically rigorous terms, Christian List explains that free will is like other real phenomena that emerge from physical laws but are autonomous from them—like an ecosystem or the economy—and are indispensable for explaining our world.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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