Freedom : an impossible reality / Raymond Tallis.
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TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, 2021Description: xiv, 264 p.: 24 cmContent type: - text
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- 9781788213783 (hbk.)
- 23 123.5 TAI 021359
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| 121 BAC 001279 The advancement of learning / | 122 MUM 004890 Causation : | 123.5 LIS 015974 Why free will is real / | 123.5 TAI 021359 Freedom : an impossible reality / | 124 J-AND 017394 I've just had a bright idea! / | 124 PAR 010796 The philosophy of design / | 124 PUR 022182 Purpose in nature / |
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.
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