posted on 2022-03-28, 20:12authored byDavid Thomas Wilson
There is more than one problem of free will. Many philosophers approach the free will question seeking a foundation for systems of ethics or a justification for societal practices of praise and blame. ... Rather, I address the metaphysical question of how to accommodate free will within the natural world. I conclude that the natural world is not identical with the physical world and that it must contain entities or influences that are not physical in any current sense of that word.
History
Table of Contents
Free will and nature -- Metaphysical free will -- Incompatibilism -- Causal closure of the physical domain -- Free will and physics -- Free will within nature.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 218-228
Degree Type
Thesis PhD
Degree
Thesis (PhD), Macquarie University (Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy)
Department, Centre or School
Department of Philosophy
Year of Award
2006
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Copyright David Wilson 2006.
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