Bound: Essays on Free Will and Responsibility

by Shaun Nichols

Book Overview

The problem of free will arises from ordinary, commonsense reflection. Shaun Nichols examines these ordinary attitudes from a naturalistic perspective. He offers a psychological account of the origins of the problem of free will. According to his account the problem arises because of two naturally emerging ways of thinking about ourselves and the world, one of which makes determinism plausible while the other makes determinism implausible. Although...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199291845
• ISBN13: 9780199291847
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"