{"product_id":"the-metasphysics-of-free-will-an-essay-on-control-paperback-softback-9781557868572","title":"The Metasphysics of Free Will; An Essay on Control (Paperback \/ softback) 9781557868572","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Metasphysics of Free Will\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Essay on Control\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Martin Fischer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781557868572, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.6 x 2.1 cm, 0.425 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is an excellent book, a first-rate contribution to the literature. Its combination of thoroughness and accessibility is rare in the literature on free will. The arguments are skillfully crafted and sometimes stunningly ingenious.\" \u003ci\u003eAlfred Mele, Davidson College\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a delightful and masterful philosophical work. What Fischer has to say about freedom and moral responsibility is always interesting and plausible and often persuasive. He presents the issues clearly and elegantly and advances considerably the discussion on them.\" \u003ci\u003eMichael Zimmerman, University of North Carolina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Metaphysics of Free Will\u003c\/i\u003e provides a through statement of the major grounds for skepticism about the reality of free will and moral responsibility. The author identifies and explains the sort of control that is associated with personhood and accountability, and shows how it is consistent with causal determinism. In so doing, out view of ourselves as morally responsible agents is protected against the disturbing changes posed by science and religion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements. \u003cp\u003e1. The Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Transfer Principle: Its Plausability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Transfer Prnciple: Its Role.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Laws and the Past: The Conditional Version of the Argument.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Basic Version and Newcomb's Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Facts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Responsibility and Alternative Possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Moral Responsibility and Guidance Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Putting it Together.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFischer Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501440430360,"sku":"9781557868572","price":34.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781557868572.jpg?v=1786239042","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-metasphysics-of-free-will-an-essay-on-control-paperback-softback-9781557868572","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}