The Resource Persons and causes : the metaphysics of free will, Timothy O'Connor
Persons and causes : the metaphysics of free will, Timothy O'Connor
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- Summary
- This title revisits the traditional explanation of freedom of will. O'Connor defines it as reason-guided agent causation and places his argument within a general metaphysics
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 135 pages)
- Contents
-
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Freedom and Determinism""; ""1.1 An Ancient Argument""; ""1.2 Some Modal Principles and the Argument for Incompatibilism""; ""1.3 The Fixity of the Past and of Natural Laws""; ""1.4 Freedom and Responsibility""; ""2. Freedom and Indeterminism: Some Unsatisfactory Proposals""; ""2.1 The Trouble with Incompatibilism""; ""2.2 Simple Indeterminism: Carl Ginet on Choice and Control""; ""2.3 Causal Indeterminism: The General Strategy and a Problem Posed""; ""3. The Agent as Cause: Reid, Taylor, and Chisholm""; ""3.1 The Agency Theory""; ""3.2 Thomas Reid""
- ""3.3 Richard Taylor""""3.4 Roderick Chisholm""; ""3.5 Summary""; ""Appendix: Chisholm's Later Writings on Agency""; ""4. The Metaphysics of Free Will""; ""4.1 Overview""; ""4.2 Event Causation""; ""4.3 Agent Causation""; ""4.4 C. D. Broad's Objection to the Very Idea of Agent Causation""; ""4.5 Remarks on a Contemporary Alternative Account of Agent Causation""; ""4.6 Ersatz Agent Causation?""; ""4.7 Alternative Possibilities, Responsibility, and Agent Causation""; ""5. Reasons and Causes""; ""5.1 Reasons Explanation and the Agency Theory""; ""5.2 Objections to the Account""
- ""5.3 Reasons and Contrastive Explanation""""5.4 Reasons and Tendencies to Act: A Residual Problem and a Speculative Proposal""; ""5.5 When Is the Will Free?""; ""5.6 Conclusion""; ""6. Agency, Mind, and Reductionism""; ""6.1 Introductory Polemics: 'The Emerging Scientific Picture of the World'""; ""6.2 Emergence""; ""6.3 Emergence and Consciousness""; ""6.4 The Emergence of Active Power""; ""6.5 An Epistemological Objection to Agent Causation""; ""6.6 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""
- ""P""""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
- Isbn
- 9781423762973
- Label
- Persons and causes : the metaphysics of free will
- Title
- Persons and causes
- Title remainder
- the metaphysics of free will
- Statement of responsibility
- Timothy O'Connor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This title revisits the traditional explanation of freedom of will. O'Connor defines it as reason-guided agent causation and places his argument within a general metaphysics
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Connor, Timothy
- Dewey number
- 123/.5
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BJ1461
- LC item number
- .O27 2000eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Free will and determinism
- PHILOSOPHY
- Free will and determinism
- Vrije wil
- Metafysica
- Label
- Persons and causes : the metaphysics of free will, Timothy O'Connor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Freedom and Determinism""; ""1.1 An Ancient Argument""; ""1.2 Some Modal Principles and the Argument for Incompatibilism""; ""1.3 The Fixity of the Past and of Natural Laws""; ""1.4 Freedom and Responsibility""; ""2. Freedom and Indeterminism: Some Unsatisfactory Proposals""; ""2.1 The Trouble with Incompatibilism""; ""2.2 Simple Indeterminism: Carl Ginet on Choice and Control""; ""2.3 Causal Indeterminism: The General Strategy and a Problem Posed""; ""3. The Agent as Cause: Reid, Taylor, and Chisholm""; ""3.1 The Agency Theory""; ""3.2 Thomas Reid""
- ""3.3 Richard Taylor""""3.4 Roderick Chisholm""; ""3.5 Summary""; ""Appendix: Chisholm's Later Writings on Agency""; ""4. The Metaphysics of Free Will""; ""4.1 Overview""; ""4.2 Event Causation""; ""4.3 Agent Causation""; ""4.4 C. D. Broad's Objection to the Very Idea of Agent Causation""; ""4.5 Remarks on a Contemporary Alternative Account of Agent Causation""; ""4.6 Ersatz Agent Causation?""; ""4.7 Alternative Possibilities, Responsibility, and Agent Causation""; ""5. Reasons and Causes""; ""5.1 Reasons Explanation and the Agency Theory""; ""5.2 Objections to the Account""
- ""5.3 Reasons and Contrastive Explanation""""5.4 Reasons and Tendencies to Act: A Residual Problem and a Speculative Proposal""; ""5.5 When Is the Will Free?""; ""5.6 Conclusion""; ""6. Agency, Mind, and Reductionism""; ""6.1 Introductory Polemics: 'The Emerging Scientific Picture of the World'""; ""6.2 Emergence""; ""6.3 Emergence and Consciousness""; ""6.4 The Emergence of Active Power""; ""6.5 An Epistemological Objection to Agent Causation""; ""6.6 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""
- ""P""""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
- Control code
- 47011521
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 135 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781423762973
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)47011521
- Label
- Persons and causes : the metaphysics of free will, Timothy O'Connor
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Freedom and Determinism""; ""1.1 An Ancient Argument""; ""1.2 Some Modal Principles and the Argument for Incompatibilism""; ""1.3 The Fixity of the Past and of Natural Laws""; ""1.4 Freedom and Responsibility""; ""2. Freedom and Indeterminism: Some Unsatisfactory Proposals""; ""2.1 The Trouble with Incompatibilism""; ""2.2 Simple Indeterminism: Carl Ginet on Choice and Control""; ""2.3 Causal Indeterminism: The General Strategy and a Problem Posed""; ""3. The Agent as Cause: Reid, Taylor, and Chisholm""; ""3.1 The Agency Theory""; ""3.2 Thomas Reid""
- ""3.3 Richard Taylor""""3.4 Roderick Chisholm""; ""3.5 Summary""; ""Appendix: Chisholm's Later Writings on Agency""; ""4. The Metaphysics of Free Will""; ""4.1 Overview""; ""4.2 Event Causation""; ""4.3 Agent Causation""; ""4.4 C. D. Broad's Objection to the Very Idea of Agent Causation""; ""4.5 Remarks on a Contemporary Alternative Account of Agent Causation""; ""4.6 Ersatz Agent Causation?""; ""4.7 Alternative Possibilities, Responsibility, and Agent Causation""; ""5. Reasons and Causes""; ""5.1 Reasons Explanation and the Agency Theory""; ""5.2 Objections to the Account""
- ""5.3 Reasons and Contrastive Explanation""""5.4 Reasons and Tendencies to Act: A Residual Problem and a Speculative Proposal""; ""5.5 When Is the Will Free?""; ""5.6 Conclusion""; ""6. Agency, Mind, and Reductionism""; ""6.1 Introductory Polemics: 'The Emerging Scientific Picture of the World'""; ""6.2 Emergence""; ""6.3 Emergence and Consciousness""; ""6.4 The Emergence of Active Power""; ""6.5 An Epistemological Objection to Agent Causation""; ""6.6 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""
- ""P""""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
- Control code
- 47011521
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 135 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781423762973
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)47011521
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