Free Will An Introduction

This comprehensive introductory guide includes discussion of the major contemporary positions on compatibilism and incompatibilism, and of the central arguments that are a focus of the current debate, including the Consequence Argument, manipulation argum

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Free Will Helen Beebee

An Introduction

Palgrave Philosophy Today

The Palgrave Philosophy Today series provides concise introductions to all the major areas of philosophy currently being taught in philosophy departments around the world. Each book gives a state-of-the-art informed assessment of a key area of philosophical study. In addition, each title in the series offers a distinct interpretation from an outstanding scholar who is closely involved with current work in the field. Books in the series provide students and teachers with not only a succinct introduction to the topic, with the essential information necessary to understand it and the literature being discussed, but also a demanding and engaging entry into the subject. Titles include: Helen Beebee FREE WILL An Introduction Shaun Gallagher PHENOMENOLOGY Simon Kirchin METAETHICS Duncan Pritchard KNOWLEDGE Mathias Risse GLOBAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Joel Walmsley MIND AND MACHINE Forthcoming Titles: Pascal Engel PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY James Robert Brown PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Neil Manson ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY Chad Meister PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Lilian O’Brien PHILOSOPHY OF ACTION

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Don Ross PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMICS

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Also by Helen Beebee HUME ON CAUSATION METAPHYSICS: The Key Concepts (with Nikk Effingham and Philip Goff) THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CAUSATION (co-edited with Christopher Hitchcock and Peter Menzies) READING METAPHYSICS (co-edited/authored with Julian Dodd) THE SEMANTICS AND METAPHYSICS OF NATURAL KINDS (co-edited with Nigel Sabbarton-Leary) TRUTHMAKERS: The Contemporary Debate (co-edited with Julian Dodd)

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Nancy Tuana FEMINISM AND PHILOSOPHY

Free Will Helen Beebee Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy, University of Manchester, UK

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An Introduction

© Helen Beebee 2013

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