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Free Will and Human Life - Couverture souple

Johnson, Alan E.

 
9780970105530: Free Will and Human Life
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0970105533 ISBN 13 : 9780970105530
Editeur : Philosophia Publications, 2021

Synopsis

Does free will exist? Does it require an immaterial soul? Is there a scientific basis for it? These are among the many questions addressed in this book. The Introduction defines free will as the independent ability to make conscious decisions that are neither predetermined nor random. Chapter 1 evaluates representative arguments against free will: theological predeterminism (Augustine’s later writings, Luther, and Calvin), scientific causal predeterminism (universal natural determinism), ad hoc (genetic or environmental) determinism, and compatibilism/soft determinism (the view that free will and determinism are compatible). Chapter 2 examines representative arguments in favor of free will: Aristotle, modern dualism (Descartes, Kant, and recent Christianity), and contemporary philosophical and scientific perspectives (including evolution/natural selection, neuroscience, quantum physics, and neuroplasticity). Chapter 3 (which also discusses chaos theory, complexity theory, and secular biological teleology) concludes that free will, properly understood, exists and is beneficial to human life.

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Éditeur
Philosophia Publications
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0970105533
ISBN 13 
9780970105530
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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