Agents, Causes, and Events by O'connor

Agents, Causes, and Events by O'connor

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Summary

This volume gathers together recent discussion concerning the prospects for devising a satisfactory indeterministic account of freedom of action. Exploring traditional problems associated with indeterministic accounts, proposals for resolving such problems are expounded and criticized.

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Agents, Causes, and Events by O'connor

This volume gathers together the most significant discussions concerning the prospects for devising a satisfactory indeterministic account of freedom of action. The thirteen essays give greater precision to traditional problems associated with indeterministic accounts, and the most creative recent proposals for resolving such problems are included and criticized.
"A nice collection of newer articles on free will...I might consider using this [text] or making it a recommended reading."--Mark van Roojen, University of Nebraska "An immensely helpful collection for courses in the philosophy of mind and theory of action."--Robert Welshon, University of Colorado "A nice collection of newer articles on free will....I might consider using this [text] or making it a recommended reading."--Mark van Roojen, University of Nebraska "An immensely helpful collection for courses in the philosophy of mind and theory of action."--Robert Welshon, University of Colorado
Timothy O'Connor is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University, Bloomington. He has published widely in the areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of religion. He is the author of Persons and Causes (2000), and the editor of Agents, Causes and Events (1995) and Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings (2003).
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ISBN 13 9780195091571
ISBN 10 0195091574
Title Agents, Causes, and Events
Author O'connor
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Year published 1995-02-09
Number of pages 28
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