Free Will: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)

McKenna, Michael

ISBN 10: 0415996864 / ISBN 13: 9780415996860

Published by Routledge, 2016

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Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628. . 2016. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Free Will: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415996864
• ISBN 13: 9780415996860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

As an advanced introduction to the challenging topic of free will, this book is designed for upper-level undergraduates interested in a comprehensive first-stop into the field’s issues and debates. It is written by two of the leading participants in those debates―a compatibilist on the issue of free will and determinism (Michael McKenna) and an incompatibilist (Derk Pereboom). These two authors achieve an admirable objectivity and clarity while still illuminating the field’s complexity and key advances. Each chapter is structured to work as one week’s primary reading in a course on free will, while more advanced courses can dip into the annotated further readings, suggested at the end of each chapter. A comprehensive bibliography as well as detailed subject and author indexes are included at the back of the book.

About the Author

Michael McKenna is the Keith Lehrer Chair and Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Conversation and Responsibility (2012) and numerous articles on the topics of free will and moral responsibility.

Derk Pereboom is Stanford H. Taylor ’50 Chair and Susan Linn Sage Professor in the Philosophy Department at Cornell University. He is the author of Living without Free Will (2001), Consciousness and the Prospects of Physicalism (2011), Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life (2014), and articles on free will and moral responsibility, philosophy of mind, and the history of modern philosophy.