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A metaphysics for freedom /

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Steward argues that determinism is incompatible with agency itself - not only the special human variety of agency, but also powers which can be accorded to animal agents. She offers a non-dualistic version of libertarianism, rooted in a conception of what biological forms of organisation might make...

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Main Author: Steward, Helen (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Free will and determinism.
Agent (Philosophy)
Causation.
Personal Autonomy
Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
PHILOSOPHY > Free Will & Determinism.
Causation
Free will and determinism
Handelingsvrijheid.
Vrije wil.
Determinisme.
Electronic books.
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Summary:Steward argues that determinism is incompatible with agency itself - not only the special human variety of agency, but also powers which can be accorded to animal agents. She offers a non-dualistic version of libertarianism, rooted in a conception of what biological forms of organisation might make possible in the way of freedom.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 267 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0191629286
9780191629280