Freedom : an impossible reality /
Tallis, Raymond,
Freedom : an impossible reality / Raymond Tallis. - xiv, 264 p.: 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prefatory Note -- Overture: intention and intentionality -- 1. The impossibility of free will -- 2. Bringing the laws on side -- 3. Unpicking causation -- 4. Actions -- 5. The human agent -- 6. The limits of freedom -- Coda -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index
Tallis brings his familiar erudition and insight to this most intriguing and important philosophical question - the nature of our freedom - one that impacts most directly on our lives and takes us to the heart of what we are.
9781788213783 (hbk.)
Free will and determinism.
Philosophy.
Personal Autonomy
123.5 TAI / 021359
Freedom : an impossible reality / Raymond Tallis. - xiv, 264 p.: 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prefatory Note -- Overture: intention and intentionality -- 1. The impossibility of free will -- 2. Bringing the laws on side -- 3. Unpicking causation -- 4. Actions -- 5. The human agent -- 6. The limits of freedom -- Coda -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index
Tallis brings his familiar erudition and insight to this most intriguing and important philosophical question - the nature of our freedom - one that impacts most directly on our lives and takes us to the heart of what we are.
9781788213783 (hbk.)
Free will and determinism.
Philosophy.
Personal Autonomy
123.5 TAI / 021359