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Determinism / Bernard Berofsky.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1536Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1971Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780691620398
  • 9781400867295
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Accounts of Determinism -- I. Foreknowledge -- II. Predictability -- III. Explanation -- IV. Causality -- Part 2. A Definition of Determinism -- V. The Structure of a Definition -- VI. The Regularity Theory: Translatability -- VII. The Regularity Theory: Adequacy -- VIII. Deterministic Accounts -- IX. Determinism Defined -- Part 3. The Truth of Determinism -- X. The Alleged Triviality of Determinism -- XI. Determinism and Falsification -- XII. Deterministic Theories and the Observable World -- XIII. Psychological Determinism -- Index
Summary: Bernard Berofsky formulates a concept of determinism in terms that will be constructive for the continuing libertarian-determinist debate. His discussion will interest those who want a deeper understanding of this metaphysical doctrine, and anyone whose fundamental concern is with the nature of human responsibility and the possible threats to it posed by determinism.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Accounts of Determinism -- I. Foreknowledge -- II. Predictability -- III. Explanation -- IV. Causality -- Part 2. A Definition of Determinism -- V. The Structure of a Definition -- VI. The Regularity Theory: Translatability -- VII. The Regularity Theory: Adequacy -- VIII. Deterministic Accounts -- IX. Determinism Defined -- Part 3. The Truth of Determinism -- X. The Alleged Triviality of Determinism -- XI. Determinism and Falsification -- XII. Deterministic Theories and the Observable World -- XIII. Psychological Determinism -- Index

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Bernard Berofsky formulates a concept of determinism in terms that will be constructive for the continuing libertarian-determinist debate. His discussion will interest those who want a deeper understanding of this metaphysical doctrine, and anyone whose fundamental concern is with the nature of human responsibility and the possible threats to it posed by determinism.Originally published in 1971.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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