Description: Freedom and Belief, Paperback by Strawson, Galen, ISBN 0199247501, ISBN-13 9780199247509, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This is a revised and updated edition of Galen Strawson's groundbreaking first book, in which he argues that there is a fundamental sense in which there is no such thing as free will or true moral responsibility (as this is ordinarily understood). This conclusion is very hard to accept. On the whole we continue to believe firmly both that we have free will and that we are truly morally responsible for what we do. Strawson devotes much of th to an attempt to explain why this is so. He examines various aspects of the `cognitive phenomenology' of freedom---the nature, causes, and consequences of our deep commitment to belief in freedom. In particular, he considers at length a number of problems that are raised by the suggestion that, if freedom were possible, believing oneself to be a free agent would be a necessary condition of being a free agent. `Full of subtle arguments and imaginative examples...should be read by anyone interested in philosophical problems about human freedom.' `A great deal of Strawson's analysis, especially of the phenomenology of freedom, is original and important...it represents a genuine contribution to the discussion of freedom and responsibility'. `Large, intricately argued and challenging, full of subtle argumentation and intriguing examples...his conclusions are often novel and challenging to philosophical (and. non-philosophical) orthodoxy'. `An engaging and challenging book that should be studied by anyone committed to the topic of freedom.'
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Book Title: Freedom and Belief
Item Length: 6.2in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 9.2in
Author: Galen Strawson
Publication Name: Freedom and Belief
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Revised
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 35.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
