Mark Balaguer
Free Will (MIT Press Essential Knowledge)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780262525794
- author:
- Mark Balaguer
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- MIT Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 160
- Dimensions:
- 12.7 x 1.1 x 17.8 cm
- Genre:
- Society, Politics & Philosophy, Philosophy,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Free Will explores whether scientific and philosophical arguments against free will are reason enough to give up our belief in it. Our daily life suggests we have free will, making conscious decisions that determine our actions from moment to moment.
The author examines various arguments and experiments cited to support the claim that human beings don't have free will, including those based on determinism and neuroscientific findings. He discusses different philosophical views, such as compatibilism, before concluding that anti-free-will arguments simply don't work.
Mark Balaguer argues that these arguments do not provide a good reason to doubt the existence of free will, but also cautions that this does not necessarily mean we have it. This thought-provoking volume offers an engaging and accessible exploration of one of philosophy's most enduring debates.
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