Powers, Time and Free Will

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Austin, Christopher J, editor (editor), Marmodoro, Anna, editor, Roselli, Andrea, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2022.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 451.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction (C. Austin, A. Marmodoro and A. Roselli)
  • 1. What's dynamic about causal powers? A black box! (Anna Marmodoro)
  • 2. Toppling the pyramids. Physics without physical state monism (William M. R. Simpson and Simon Horsley)
  • 3. Dispositional essentialism in the eternalist block (Andrea Roselli)
  • 4. A dynamic B theory of time (Robert C.Koons)
  • 5. Libertarian freedom in an eternalist world? (Ben Page)
  • 6. The temporal structure of agency (Janice Chik)
  • 7. Freedom of the will and rational abilities (Erasmus Mayr)
  • 8. The power to will freely: how to re-think about the problem of free will without laws of nature (Daniel De Haan)
  • 9. Laws loosened (Helen Steward)
  • 10. The problem of radical freedom (Andreas Hüttemann)
  • 11. How the libet tradition can contribute to understanding human action rather than free will (Sofia Bonicalzi and Mario de Caro)
  • 12. The Consequence Argument and an ontology of dispositions (Mauro Dorato)
  • 13. Super-Humeanism and mental causation (Michael Esfeld).