Rationality + consciousness: free will
Taking a fresh approach to the question of free will, David Hodgson contends that close consideration of human rationality and human consciousness shows that together they give us free will, in a robust and indeterministic sense, and in a way that is consistent with what science tells us about the world.
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- Full title :Rationality + consciousness = : free will / David Hodgson.
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Taking a fresh approach to the question of free will, David Hodgson contends that close consideration of human rationality and human consciousness shows that together they give us free will, in a robust and indeterministic sense, and in a way that is consistent with what science tells us about the world.
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- Publication Date:©2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2012.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199845316, 019984531X, 1283427613, 9781283427616, 9780199932269, 0199932263
- oclc:ocn773936312
- LC Classification:BJ1461
- Dewey Decimal:123/.5
Table of Contents
Foundational beliefs -- Truth and rationality -- Plausible reasoning -- Consciousness and decision-making -- Gestalts and rules -- How gestalts promote rationality -- Science and determinism -- Neuroscience and conscious choice -- Indeterministic free will -- Value judgments -- Responsibility and retribution -- The big picture -- Appendix A. Why Bayes' theorem works -- Appendix B. Against fundamentalism : biblical morality.
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