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A lively and engaging debate between four representative views on free will, completely revised and updated with new perspectives
Four Views on Free Will is a robust and careful debate about free will, how it interacts with determinism and indeterminism, and whether we have it or not. Providing the most up-to-date account of four major positions in the free will debate, the second edition of this classic text presents the opposing perspectives of renowned philosophers John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Derk Pereboom, and Manuel Vargas.
Substantially revised throughout, this new volume contains eight in-depth chapters, almost entirely rewritten for the new edition, in which the authors state their different positions on the debate, offer insights into how their views have evolved over the past fifteen years, respond to recent critical literature in the field, and interact and engage with each other in dialogue. In the first four chapters the authors defend their distinctive views about free will: libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism. The subsequent four chapters consist of direct replies by each of the authors to the other three.
Offering a one-of-a-kind interactive conversation about the most recent work on the subject, Four Views on Free Will, Second Edition provides a balanced and enlightening discussion on all the key concepts and conflicts in the free will debate. Part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophy series, it remains essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students, lecturers and scholars in philosophy, ethics, free will, philosophy of mind, political philosophy, law, and related subjects.
Contents
Notes on Authors vi
Preface to the Second Edition viii
Acknowledgments ix
Some Terms and Concepts x
1 Libertarianism 1
Robert Kane
2 Compatibilism 51
John Martin Fischer
3 Hard Incompatibilism 92
Derk Pereboom
4 Revisionism 132
Manuel Vargas
5 Response to Fischer, Pereboom, and Vargas 173
Robert Kane
6 Response to Kane, Pereboom, and Vargas 189
John Martin Fischer
7 Response to Kane, Fischer, and Vargas 201
Derk Pereboom
8 Response to Kane, Fischer, and Pereboom 212
Manuel Vargas
Appendix: Some Free Will Debates 232
Bibliography 235
Index 253
