Free Will and Determinism

by Clifford Williams

Book Overview

"Nicely conceived, very clearly written. . . . A high level of philosophic substance and sophistication." --David M. Mowry, SUNY at Plattsburgh This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915144778
• ISBN13: 9780915144778
• Release Date: February 1980
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

a good little introduction to the free will debates

I found this book to be a useful introduction to the free will debates. One character is a compatiblist, the other a hard determinist, and the other an indeterminist-free willist. While the free-willist's position sometimes seems to be presented as a rather weak position (perhaps it's difficult not to do this!), this book will very much help the introductory student see the forest for the trees in the free will debate. This would be a good text to read before plunging into primary articles on the topic. It's an entertaining book, the arguments are explicit, and there's very little fluff or irrelevant banter.