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Bernard Berofsky argues that there is room in a deterministic world for a conception of free will as self-determination including the power of genuine choice. He grounds this compatibilist position in a new version of the regularity theory of laws, derived from David Hume's denial of necessary...

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Main Author: Berofsky, Bernard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Free will and determinism.
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Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
Free will and determinism
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Summary:Bernard Berofsky argues that there is room in a deterministic world for a conception of free will as self-determination including the power of genuine choice. He grounds this compatibilist position in a new version of the regularity theory of laws, derived from David Hume's denial of necessary connections in nature.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0191738190
9780191738197
1283426897
9781283426893