Ultimate freedom : beyond free will /

"Freedom of choice is the subject. "How dare you!" challenged Greta Thunberg. The members of the Climate Summit had freedom of choice to act on the scientific evidence she presented rather than on personal desire. What is the difference between acting on desire and acting on what you...

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Main Author: Lehrer, Keith (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2024]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Freedom of choice is the subject. "How dare you!" challenged Greta Thunberg. The members of the Climate Summit had freedom of choice to act on the scientific evidence she presented rather than on personal desire. What is the difference between acting on desire and acting on what you prefer because of scientific acceptance? There is a form of preference that is an ultimate explanation of choice. I call it a power preference. It is a preference that loops back on to itself, a fixed-point vector, and suffices to explain human agency. The power preference includes scientific explanation and is compatible with determinism"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 166 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197695043
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