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Author : Sam Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451683400
Sam Harris, bestselling author of THE END OF FAITH takes on one of today's liveliest issues: whether or not we actually have free will.
Author : R. C. Sproul
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414361147
Nearly 200,000 copies sold! Chosen by God by Dr. R. C. Sproul is a contemporary classic on predestination, a doctrine that isn’t just for Calvinists. It is a doctrine for all biblical Christians. In this updated and expanded edition of Chosen by God, Sproul shows that the doctrine of predestination doesn’t create a whimsical or spiteful picture of God, but rather paints a portrait of a loving God who provides redemption for radically corrupt humans. We choose God because he has opened our eyes to see his beauty; we love him because he first loved us. There is mystery in God’s ways, but not contradiction.
Author : Christian List
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674239814
A crystal-clear, scientifically rigorous argument for the existence of free will, challenging what many scientists and scientifically minded philosophers believe. Philosophers have argued about the nature and the very existence of free will for centuries. Today, many scientists and scientifically minded commentators are skeptical that it exists, especially when it is understood to require the ability to choose between alternative possibilities. If the laws of physics govern everything that happens, they argue, then how can our choices be free? Believers in free will must be misled by habit, sentiment, or religious doctrine. Why Free Will Is Real defies scientific orthodoxy and presents a bold new defense of free will in the same naturalistic terms that are usually deployed against it. Unlike those who defend free will by giving up the idea that it requires alternative possibilities to choose from, Christian List retains this idea as central, resisting the tendency to defend free will by watering it down. He concedes that free will and its prerequisites—intentional agency, alternative possibilities, and causal control over our actions—cannot be found among the fundamental physical features of the natural world. But, he argues, that’s not where we should be looking. Free will is a “higher-level” phenomenon found at the level of psychology. It is like other phenomena that emerge from physical processes but are autonomous from them and not best understood in fundamental physical terms—like an ecosystem or the economy. When we discover it in its proper context, acknowledging that free will is real is not just scientifically respectable; it is indispensable for explaining our world.
Author : Kenneth M. Wilson
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161557538
The consensus view asserts Augustine developed his later doctrines ca. 396 CE while writing Ad Simplicianum as a result of studying scripture. His early De libero arbitrio argued for traditional free choice refuting Manichaean determinism, but his anti-Pelagian writings rejected any human ability to believe without God giving faith. Kenneth M. Wilson's study is the first work applying the comprehensive methodology of reading systematically and chronologically through Augustine's entire extant corpus (works, sermons, and letters 386-430 CE), and examining his doctrinal development. The author explores Augustine's later theology within the prior philosophical-religious context of free choice versus deterministic arguments. This analysis demonstrates Augustine persisted in traditional views until 412 CE and his theological transition was primarily due to his prior Stoic, Neoplatonic, and Manichaean influences.
Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433501159
This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.
Author : Gilles Deleuze
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015082648166
An anthology of 40 texts and interviews written over 20 years by French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, of which the early texts belong to literary criticism. Philosophy clearly dominates the rest of the book with a surprise admission by Deleuze that Sartre was his master.
Author : Dr. Fred Mora
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781664252400
Free-Will Choice: The Story contains some hard truths that may be difficult for some people to accept. However, free-will choice has been God’s plan since before the creation of the physical heavens and earth. This book is an illumination of what may be considered new truth and a fresh presentation of who God is. The book spans the time period from before Genesis all the way to Revelation, during which it argues that free-will choice has always been in God’s mind since the creation of His most majestic being, the Son of the Morning, now known as Satan. What is the true story of God’s plan for humankind throughout history? Because of God’s foreknowledge, did He intentionally predestine unbelieving humans to spiritual death? What is the real truth?
Author : David Bentley Hart
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300248739
A stunning reexamination of one of the essential tenets of Christian belief from one of the most provocative and admired writers on religion today “A scathing, vigorous, eloquent attack on those who hold that that there is such a thing as eternal damnation.”—Karen Kilby, Commonweal The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Christians believed that hell was not everlasting, and that all would eventually attain salvation. But today, this view is no longer prevalent within Christian communities. In this momentous book, David Bentley Hart makes the case that nearly two millennia of dogmatic tradition have misled readers on the crucial matter of universal salvation. On the basis of the earliest Christian writings, theological tradition, scripture, and logic, Hart argues that if God is the good creator of all, he is the savior of all, without fail. And if he is not the savior of all, the Kingdom is only a dream, and creation something considerably worse than a nightmare. But it is not so. There is no such thing as eternal damnation; all will be saved. With great rhetorical power, wit, and emotional range, Hart offers a new perspective on one of Christianity’s most important themes.
Author : Richard A. Muller
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493406708
This fresh study from an internationally respected scholar of the Reformation and post-Reformation eras shows how the Reformers and their successors analyzed and reconciled the concepts of divine sovereignty and human freedom. Richard Muller argues that traditional Reformed theology supported a robust theory of an omnipotent divine will and human free choice and drew on a tradition of Western theological and philosophical discussion. The book provides historical perspective on a topic of current interest and debate and offers a corrective to recent discussions.
Author : Saint Augustine (of Hippo)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Fathers of the church
ISBN : UOM:39015008695887
One of Augustine's most important works, written between 388 and 395, this dialogue has as its objective not so much to discuss free will for its own sake as to discuss the problem of evil in reference to the existence of God, who is almighty and all-good.
Author : Derk Pereboom
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521029964
Argues that morality, meaning and value remain intact even if we are not morally responsible for our actions.
Author : Daniel C. Dennett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781101572665
Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers “yes!” Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original arguments—drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy—that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally. In Freedom Evolves, Dennett seeks to place ethics on the foundation it deserves: a realistic, naturalistic, potentially unified vision of our place in nature.
Author : Sam Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781439171226
Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.
Author : John Baer,Professor of Educational Psychology John Baer,James C. Kaufman,Assistant Professor of Psychology James C Kaufman,Roy F. Baumeister,Roy F.. Baumeister,Eppes Eminent Professor of Psychology Roy F Baumeister
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780195189636
Do people have free will, or this universal belief an illusion? If free will is more than an illusion, what kind of free will do people have? How can free will influence behavior? Can free will be studied, verified, and understood scientifically? How and why might a sense of free will have evolved? These are a few of the questions this book attempts to answer.People generally act as though they believe in their own free will: they don't feel like automatons, and they don't treat one another as they might treat robots. While acknowledging many constraints and influences on behavior, people nonetheless act as if they (and their neighbors) are largely in control of many if not most of the decisions they make. Belief in free will also underpins the sense that people are responsible for their actions. Psychological explanations of behavior rarely mention free will as a factor, however. Can psychological science find room for free will? How do leading psychologists conceptualize free will, and what role do they believe free will plays in shaping behavior?In recent years a number of psychologists have tried to solve one or more of the puzzles surrounding free will. This book looks both at recent experimental and theoretical work directly related to free will and at ways leading psychologists from all branches of psychology deal with the philosophical problems long associated with the question of free will, such as the relationship between determinism and free will and the importance of consciousness in free will. It also includes commentaries by leading philosophers on what psychologists can contribute to long-running philosophical struggles with this most distinctly human belief. These essays should be of interest not only to social scientists, but to intelligent and thoughtful readers everywhere.
Author : Sam Harris
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307265777
A criticism of Christianity from the secularist point of view.