Powers Time And Free Will

Author : Christopher J. Austin,Anna Marmodoro,Andrea Roselli
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030924867

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Powers, Time and Free Will by Christopher J. Austin,Anna Marmodoro,Andrea Roselli Pdf

This book brings together twelve original contributions by leading scholars on the much-debated issues of what is free will and how can we exercise it in a world governed by laws of nature. Which conception of laws of nature best fits with how we conceive of free will? And which constraints does our conception of the laws of nature place on how we think of free will? The metaphysics of causation and the metaphysics of dispositions are also explored in this edited volume, in relation to whether they may or may not be game-changers in how we think about both free will and the laws of nature. The volume presents the views of a range of international experts on these issues, and aims at providing the reader with novel approaches to a core problem in philosophy. The target audience is composed by academics and scholars who are interested in an original and contemporary approach to these long-debated issues. Chapters [2] and [4] are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Author : Henri Bergson,Frank Lubecki Pogson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0486417670

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Time and Free Will by Henri Bergson,Frank Lubecki Pogson Pdf

Bergson argues for free will by showing that the arguments against it come from a confusion of different conceptions of time. As opposed to physicists' idea of measurable time, in human experience life is perceived as a continuous and unmeasurable flow rather than as a succession of marked-off states of consciousness-something that can be measured not quantitatively, but only qualitatively. His conclusion is that free will is an observable fact.

Author : Christopher J. Austin,Anna Marmodoro,Andrea Roselli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000931112

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Powers, Parts and Wholes by Christopher J. Austin,Anna Marmodoro,Andrea Roselli Pdf

This volume offers a fresh exploration of the parts–whole relations within a power and among powers. While the metaphysics of powers has been extensively examined in the literature, powers have yet to be studied from the perspective of their mereology. Powers are often assumed to be atomic, and yet what they can do—and what can happen to them—is complex. But if powers are simple, how can they have complex manifestations? Can powers have parts? According to which rules of composition do powers compose into powers? Given the centrality of powers in current scientific as well as philosophical thought, recognizing and understanding the ontological differences between atomic and mereologically complex powers is important, for both philosophy and science. The first part of this book explores how powers divide; the second part, how powers compose. The final part showcases some specific study cases in the domains of quantum mechanics and psychology. Powers, Parts and Wholes will be of interest to professional philosophers and graduate students working in metaphysics, philosophy of science and logic.

Author : Kadri Vihvelin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199795185

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Causes, Laws, and Free Will by Kadri Vihvelin Pdf

This book rescues compatibilists from the familiar charge of 'quagmire of evasion' by arguing that the problem of free will and determinism is a metaphysical problem with a metaphysical solution. There is no good reason to think that determinism would rob us of the free will we think we have.

Author : Thomas Müller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319017549

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Nuel Belnap on Indeterminism and Free Action by Thomas Müller Pdf

This volume seeks to further the use of formal methods in clarifying one of the central problems of philosophy: that of our free human agency and its place in our indeterministic world. It celebrates the important contributions made in this area by Nuel Belnap, American logician and philosopher. Philosophically, indeterminism and free action can seem far apart, but in Belnap’s work, they are intimately linked. This book explores their philosophical interconnectedness through a selection of original research papers that build forth on Belnap’s logical and philosophical work. Some contributions take the form of critical discussions of Belnap's published work, some develop points made in his publications in new directions, and others provide additional insights on the topics of indeterminism and free action. In Nuel Belnap’s work on indeterminism and free action, three formal frameworks figure prominently: the simple branching histories framework known as "branching time;" its relativistic spatio-temporal extension, branching space-times; and the “seeing to it that” (stit ) logic of agency. As those frameworks provide the formal background for the contributed papers, the volume introduction gives an overview of the current state of their development. It also introduces case-intensional first order logic (CIFOL), a general intensional logic offering resources for a first-order extension of the mentioned frameworks and a recent research focus of Belnap’s. The volume also contains an extended biographical interview with Nuel Belnap.

Author : Nora Heinzelmann
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781350349506

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Advances in Neurophilosophy by Nora Heinzelmann Pdf

Bringing together recent case studies and insights into current developments, this collection introduces philosophers to a range of experimental methods from neuroscience. Chapters provide a comprehensive survey of the discipline, covering neuroimaging such as EEG and MRI, causal interventions like brain stimulation, advanced statistical methods, and approaches drawing on research into the development of human individuals and humankind. A team of experts combine clear explanations of complex methods with reports of cutting-edge research, advancing our understanding of how these tools can be applied to further philosophical inquiries into agency, emotions, enhancement, perception, personhood and more. With contributions organised by neuroscientific method, this volume provides an accessible overview for students and scholars coming to neurophilosophy for the first time, presenting a range of topics from responsibility to metacognition.

Author : Sam Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781451683400

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Free Will by Sam Harris Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion. A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion. In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.

Author : John Martin Fischer,Robert Kane,Derk Pereboom,Manuel Vargas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781394161980

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Four Views on Free Will by John Martin Fischer,Robert Kane,Derk Pereboom,Manuel Vargas Pdf

A lively and engaging debate between four representative views on free will, completely revised and updated with new perspectives Four Views on Free Will is a robust and careful debate about free will, how it interacts with determinism and indeterminism, and whether we have it or not. Providing the most up-to-date account of four major positions in the free will debate, the second edition of this classic text presents the opposing perspectives of renowned philosophers John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Derk Pereboom, and Manuel Vargas. Substantially revised throughout, this new volume contains eight in-depth chapters, almost entirely rewritten for the new edition, in which the authors state their different positions on the debate, offer insights into how their views have evolved over the past fifteen years, respond to recent critical literature in the field, and interact and engage with each other in dialogue. In the first four chapters the authors defend their distinctive views about free will: libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism. The subsequent four chapters consist of direct replies by each of the authors to the other three. Offering a one-of-a-kind interactive conversation about the most recent work on the subject, Four Views on Free Will, Second Edition provides a balanced and enlightening discussion on all the key concepts and conflicts in the free will debate. Part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophy series, it remains essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students, lecturers and scholars in philosophy, ethics, free will, philosophy of mind, political philosophy, law, and related subjects.

Author : Neil E. Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780198833574

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The Powers Metaphysic by Neil E. Williams Pdf

Systematic metaphysics is defined by its task of solving metaphysical problems through the repeated application of single, fundamental ontology. The dominant contemporary metaphysic is that of neo-Humeanism, built on a static ontology typified by its rejection of basic causal and modalfeatures. This book offers a radically distinct metaphysic, one that turns the status quo on its head. Starting with a foundational ontology of inherently causal properties known as "powers", Neil E. Williams develops a metaphysic that appeals to powers in explanations of causation, persistence,laws, and modality. Powers are properties that have their causal natures internal to them: they are responsible for the effects in the world. A unique account of powers is advanced, one that understands this internal nature in terms of blueprint of potential interaction types. After the presentationof the powers ontology, Williams offers solutions to broad metaphysical puzzles, some of which take on different forms in light of the new tools that are available. The defence of the ontology comes from the virtues of metaphysic it can be used to develop. Particular attention is paid to theproblems of causation and persistence, simultaneously solving them as is casts them in a new light. The resultant powers metaphysic is offered as a systematic alternative to neo-Humeanism.

Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780231151566

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Fate, Time, and Language by David Foster Wallace Pdf

Presents David Foster Wallace critiques philosopher Richard Taylor's work implying that humans have no control over the future and includes essays linking Wallace's critique with his later works of fiction.

Author : Divine decree
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600086082

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Divine decree, and free will: or, More notes on prophecy [an interpretation of the book of Revelation] by the author of 'The spiritual and physical history of our fallen and redeemed world'. by Divine decree Pdf

Author : Joshua Toulmin Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026608647

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The Parish. Its Obligations and Powers by Joshua Toulmin Smith Pdf

Author : Doro Wiese
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810130043

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The Powers of the False by Doro Wiese Pdf

Introduction -- The truth of narration and the powers of the false -- Accepting complicated legacies by being once removed from the world : Everything is illuminated (Foer 2002) -- "He looked for truth in facts and not in stories" : crimes of historiography and forces of fabulation in Richard Flanagan's Gould's book of fish (2003) -- Making time, undoing race: Richard Powers' The time of our singing (2003) -- Conclusion.

Author : Richard Swinburne
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199662579

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Mind, Brain, and Free Will by Richard Swinburne Pdf

Richard Swinburne presents a powerful new case for substance dualism and for libertarian free will. He argues that pure mental events (including conscious events) are distinct from physical events and interact with them, and claims that no result from neuroscience or any other science could show that interaction does not take place. Swinburne goes on to argue for agent causation, and claims that it is we, and not our intentions, that cause our brain events. It ismetaphysically possible that each of us could acquire a new brain or continue to exist without a brain; and so we are essentially souls. Brain events and conscious events are so different from eachother that it would not be possible to establish a scientific theory which would predict what each of us would do in situations of moral conflict. Hence, we should believe that things are as they seem to be: that we make choices independently of the causes which influence us. It follows that we are morally responsible for our actions.

Author : John R. Searle
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780231137522

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Freedom and Neurobiology by John R. Searle Pdf

"In the second half of the book, Searle applies his theory of social reality to the problem of political power, explaining the role of language in the formation of our political reality. The institutional structures that organize, empower, and regulate our lives - money, property, marriage, government - consist in the assignment and collective acceptance of certain statuses to objects and people. Whether it is the president of the United States, a twenty-dollar bill, or private property, these entities perform functions as determined by their status in our institutional reality. Searle focuses on the political powers that exist within these systems of status functions and the way in which language constitutes them."--BOOK JACKET.