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Author:   David Palmer (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780199860081

ISBN 10:   0199860084
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Contributors 1. Free will, libertarianism, and Kane David Palmer Part I: Libertarian Theories of Free Will 2. Can an indeterministic cause leave a choice up to the agent? Carl Ginet 3. Free will and metaphysics Timothy O'Connor Part II: The Luck Objection 4. Kane, luck, and control: Trying to get by without too much effort Alfred Mele 5. Toward a solution to the luck problem John Martin Fischer Part III: Incompatibilism and Omissions 6. Compatibilist ultimacy: Resisting the threat of Kane's U condition Michael McKenna 7. The direct argument for incompatibilism David Widerker and Ira M. Schnall 8. Freedom, responsibility, and omitting to act Randolph Clarke Part IV: The Significance of Free Will 9. Responsibility for emotions, alternative possibilities, and reasons Ishtiyaque Haji 10. Moral responsibility, the reactive attitudes, and the significance of (libertarian) free will Dana Kay Nelkin 11. The dialectic of selfhood and the significance of free will Derk Pereboom Part V: Kane's Reply 12. New arguments in debates on libertarian free will: Responses to contributors Robert Kane References Index

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This astute, jargon-free collection is for advanced scholars. It will be valuable for libraries with contemporary books on this topic and Kane's 1996 work. CHOICE

Overall this book provides high quality discussions of many of the most important issues in the free will debate. It would make excellent reading for anyone interested in the current state of the discussion of Kane's views or of the free will debate in general. --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online This astute, jargon-free collection is for advanced scholars. It will be valuable for libraries with contemporary books on this topic and Kane's 1996 work... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty. --Choice

This astute, jargon-free collection is for advanced scholars. It will be valuable for libraries with contemporary books on this topic and Kane's 1996 work. CHOICE Overall this book provides high quality discussions of many of the most important issues in the free will debate. It would make excellent reading for anyone interested in the current state of the discussion of Kane's views or of the free will debate in general. Philip Swenson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online

Author Information

David Palmer is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the University of Tennessee. He specializes in ethics, metaphysics, and philosophy of action. He has published on the topics of free will, moral responsibility, and applied ethics.

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