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Freedom And Determination
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Author : Joseph Ferraro
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Freedom And Determination written by Joseph Ferraro and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
Determinism Freedom And Moral Responsibility
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Author : Susanne Bobzien
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-20
Determinism Freedom And Moral Responsibility written by Susanne Bobzien and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-20 with Philosophy categories.
Determinism, Freedom, and Moral Responsibility brings together nine essays on determinism, freedom and moral responsibility in antiquity by Susanne Bobzien. The essays present the main ancient theories of determinism, freedom, and moral responsibility ranging from Aristotle via Epicureans and Stoics to Alexander of Aphrodisias in the third century CE. The author discusses questions about rational and autonomous human agency and their compatibility with preceding causes, external or internal; with external impediments; with divine predetermination and theological questions; with physical theories like atomism and continuum theory, and with the sciences more generally; with elements that determine character development from childhood, such as nature and nurture; with epistemic features such as ignorance of circumstances; with necessity and modal theories generally; with folk theories of fatalism; and also with questions of how human autonomous agency is related to moral development, virtue and wisdom, blame and praise. Historically unified, philosophically profound, and methodologically rigorous, Bobzien's discussions show that in classical and Hellenistic philosophy these topics were all debated without reference to freedom to do otherwise or to free will, and that the latter two notions were fully developed only later.
Determinism And Freedom In Stoic Philosophy
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Author : Susanne Bobzien
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 1999-01-29
Determinism And Freedom In Stoic Philosophy written by Susanne Bobzien and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-29 with Philosophy categories.
Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy is the first comprehensive study of one of the most important intellectual legacies of the ancient Greek world: the Stoic theory of causal determinism. The book identifies the main problems that the Stoics addressed and reconstructs the theory, and explores how they squared their determinism with their conceptions of possibility, action, freedom, and moral responsibility, and how they defended it against objections and criticism by other philosophers. It shows how the Stoics distinguished their causal determinism from ancient theories of logical determinism, fatalism, and necessitarianism. Along the way an authoritative account is given of many other related aspects of Stoic thought, including their views on the predictability of the future, the role of empirical sciences, the determination of character, and moral freedom. Bobzien's study of these central doctrines of Stoicism reveals the considerable philosphical richness and power that they retain today.
Choosing Freedom
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Author : Leo Frincu
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-01-18
Choosing Freedom written by Leo Frincu and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Choosing Freedom, written by Leo Frincu, is a story about an individual who, despite his circumstances, is able to succeed in all areas of his life. This intriguing story will take you from a view of Communism from the eyes of a young boy all the way to a grown adult who is now living the American dream. It is a heartwarming story where you learn about the struggles and triumphs of a young man trying to discover who he is based on his past, his present, and his dreams. This story will have you examining your own life and the decisions you have made to better yourself. Choosing Freedom is a compelling narrative that keeps the reader in its thrall until the end. It is a story of resilience and grit yet is tender and heartwarming. This book delivers a powerful message for anyone with goals and dreams. It is more than a story of personal sacrifice and dedication. It reveals the possibilities and obstacles inherent in the human condition and provides a psychological road map for digging deep and achieving success.
Freedom And Experience
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Author : Kevin Magill
language : en
Publisher: DR KEVIN MAGILL
Release Date : 2016-01-18
Freedom And Experience written by Kevin Magill and has been published by DR KEVIN MAGILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-18 with Philosophy categories.
Most of us take it for granted that we are free agents: that we can sometimes act so as to shape our own lives and those of others, that we have choices about how to do so and that we are responsible for what we do. But are we really justified in believing this? For centuries philosophers have argued about whether free will and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism or natural causation, and they seem no closer to agreeing about it now than at any time in the past. Many contemporary philosophers have come to the conclusion that the intractability of the old argument about free will and determinism is caused by deep rooted illusions and inconsistencies in our unreflective attitudes about moral responsibility and freedom to act. Kevin Magill challenges this view and argues that the philosophical stalemate about free will has arisen through lack of attention to the content of the experiences that shape our understanding of free will and agency and through a mistaken belief that the concept of moral responsibility requires a moral and metaphysical justification. The book sets out an original account of the various ways we experience choosing, deciding and acting, which reconciles the apparently opposing intuitions that have fuelled the traditional dispute.
Freedom And Experience
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Author : Kevin Magill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Freedom And Experience written by Kevin Magill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Free will and determinism categories.
Several influential philosophers have argued that the intractability of the old argument about whether causal determinism is compatible with free will is caused by deep rooted illusions and inconsistencies in our unreflective attitudes about moral responsibility and freedom to act. Kevin Magill challenges this view and argues that the philosophical stalemate about free will has arisen through lack of attention to the content of the experiences that shape our understanding of free will and agency. The book sets out an original account of the various ways we experience choosing, deciding and acting, which reconciles the apparently opposing intuitions that have fuelled the traditional dispute.
Freedom And Determination
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Author : Georg Henrik Wright
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Freedom And Determination written by Georg Henrik Wright and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Act (Philosophy) categories.
Free Will Indeterminacy And Self Determination
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Author : Moritz Deutschmann
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2007-07-25
Free Will Indeterminacy And Self Determination written by Moritz Deutschmann and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-25 with Philosophy categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Philosophy - Theoretical (Realisation, Science, Logic, Language), grade: A- (=1,25), University of California, Berkeley (Department of Philosophy), course: Collective Intentionality (John Searle), language: English, abstract: Free will is one of the most fundamental presuppositions that we make in our everyday lives. At the same time, free will belongs to the concepts that are most difficult to integrate into a scientific idea of how the world works. This contrast has haunted philosophers for centuries, and although it seems that almost everything has already been said about this topic, there has been an animated debate in recent decades. In this paper, I would like to consider two of the positions adopted in this debate. At first, I would like to explore John Searle's interpretation of free will as a sequence of several moments of indeterminacy ("gaps") between the reasons for our actions and the actions themselves. I think the best way to understand his conception is to see it as an attempt to unite two different ideas about the relation between reasons and actions. On the one hand, the realist conception of Searle's philosophy presupposes that the reasons for our actions must have real causal power and are not only post facto justifications. On the other hand, Searle's understanding of rationality implies that reasons alone cannot be sufficient causes. In "Rationality in Action" Searle tries to bring both ideas together through the notion of an agent-self. I will argue that this attempt is problematic, not only because it leads our conception of free will towards a very unsatisfying choice between epiphenomenalism and natural indeterminism, but also because Searle cannot explain convincingly how the existence of indeterminacy in our brains could explain free will. The second part of the paper is an attempt to develop an alternative notion of free will, relying on two influential articles by Harry Frankfurt and Peter Strawson. The basic idea is that when we are interested in free will, we are not primarily interested in causal origins, but in self-determination, which is also the main presupposition in the practice of holding people responsible. With this perspective in mind, I will finally return to the questions of the natural foundations of free will and its compatibility with a deterministic conception of nature.
Determinism And Its Discontents
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Author : Suresh Kanekar
language : en
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2022-01-15
Determinism And Its Discontents written by Suresh Kanekar and has been published by Universal-Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-15 with Philosophy categories.
The deterministic position is that all events are effects of previous events and causes of future events, in inexorable cause-effect sequences, which leave no room for intervention of anything outside of the stream of causal relationships, such as free will, thus rendering moral responsibility meaningless. Libertarians believe in freedom of will which is, for them, indispensable for moral responsibility. This controversy can be resolved only by making a clear distinction between two kinds of freedom. In common parlance, freedom means freedom from constraint or compulsion, which can be designated as contra-constraintual freedom. The second meaning of freedom is freedom from causation, which has been referred to as contra-causal freedom, and this is the meaning that is inherent in the concept of freedom of will. If we have contra-causal freedom, we can choose or decide to act irrespective of antecedent conditions including our own past. The distinction between contra-causal freedom and contra-constraintual freedom is the key to the resolution of the controversy between determinism and libertarianism. The absence of contra-causal freedom prevails at the theoretical, conceptual, objective, abstract, or as-is level, whereas contra-constraintual freedom functions at the practical, behavioral, subjective, concrete, or as-if level. All we need for moral responsibility is contra-constraintual freedom, and not contra-causal freedom. At the as-is level, there is neither freedom nor dignity, neither morality nor accountability, and neither purpose nor meaning for human existence. It is only at the as-if level that these terms make any sense at all. In theory there is no choice from alternative courses of action in light of the absence of contra-causal freedom; in practice there is, in direct proportion to contra-constraintual freedom. And that practice forms the foundation of criminal jurisprudence and moral behavior in general, without which human civilization would not survive.
Free Will And Epistemology
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Author : Robert Lockie
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-01-11
Free Will And Epistemology written by Robert Lockie and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-11 with Philosophy categories.
In the first in-depth study of the transcendental argument for decades, Free Will and Epistemology defends a modern version of the famous transcendental argument for free will: that we could not be justified in undermining a strong notion of free will, as a strong notion of free will is required for any such process of undermining to be itself epistemically justified. By arguing for a conception of internalism that goes back to the early days of the internalist-externalist debates, it draws on work by Richard Foley, William Alston and Alvin Plantinga to explain the importance of epistemic deontology and its role in the transcendental argument. It expands on the principle that 'ought' implies 'can' and presents a strong case for a form of self-determination. With references to cases in the neuroscientific and cognitive-psychological literature, Free Will and Epistemology provides an original contribution to work on epistemic justification and the free will debate.