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What does it mean for an agent to be free? Is determinism true? What are laws of nature?This studyargues that libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism provided that determinism is understood in a Humean fashion, i.e. backed by a Humean theory of laws of nature. The resulting view Humean Lib...
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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What does it mean for an agent to be free? Is determinism true? What are laws of nature?This studyargues that libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism provided that determinism is understood in a Humean fashion, i.e. backed by a Humean theory of laws of nature. The resulting view Humean Libertarianism is an intermediate position between classical compatibilism and incompatibilism. |
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1 online resource(251pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110320701 |
| Index Number: | B105 |
| CLC: | B025.9 |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 DETERMINISM -- 2 NECESSITY AND LAWS OF NATURE -- 3 LIBERTARIANISM -- 4 OBJECTIONS AGAINST EVENT-CAUSAL LIBERTARIANISM -- 5 HUMEAN LIBERTARIANISM: FORTES, FOIBLES, AND FUTURE FOLLIES -- REFERENCES. |