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by: Peter Van Inwagen See Larger Image Used Price: $50.00 Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 123.5 EAN: 9780198246244 ISBN: 0198246242 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: August 25, 1983 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Sales Rank: 2171822 Studio: Oxford University Press, USA Related Items: The Oxford Handbook of Free Will (Oxford Handbooks) Persons: Human and Divine Free Will (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) Persons and Causes: The Metaphysics of Free Will Metaphysics see more Editorial Review: Product Description: 'This is an important book, and no one interested in issues which touch on the free will will want to ignore it.'--Ethics. In this stimulating and thought-provoking book, the author defends the thesis that free will is incompatible with determinism. He disputes the view that determinism is necessary for moral responsbility. Finding no good reason for accepting determinism, but believing moral responsiblity to be indubitable, he concludes that determinism should be rejected. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - A Philosophical Masterpiece "An Essay on Free Will" is the best book ever written on the subject of free will. Van Inwagen presents the best arguments for and against compatibilism, the thesis that free will is compatible with determinism. He concludes that this thesis is false. Subsequently, he argues that we have free will, and thus that determinism is false. The book also includes arguments against fatalism and the principle of sufficient reason. Very roughly, the argument for incompatibilism is that if determinism ... Read More Rating: - Highly influential free will classic This book demonstrates the view of incompatibilism. This means that human free will is incompatible with the idea that all future events are pre-determined by past events and the laws of nature. If you are looking for an actual explanation of free will, however, this is not it, since the book concludes that free will is a "mystery." Also, it is fairly beginner-friendly, written in candid language for the most part. A novice could skip over some of the difficult parts and still understand the important ... Read More Rating: - A contemporary classic on the free will problem I consider Peter van Inwagen's AN ESSAY ON FREE WILL to be the best book on the topic of free will, which is written by a single author. The book has six chapters, which are entitled: 1. The problems and how we shall approach them. 2. Fatalism. 3. Three arguments for incompatibilism. 4. Three arguments for compatibilism. 5. What our not having free will would mean. 6. The traditional problem. Van Inwagen sets out to answer two main questions in this book. ... Read More Rating: - Excellent treatment of its chosen subject Van Inwagen's first major work, the "Essay on Free Will" has in many ways revolutionized the free-will debate; terms like "compatibilism", "incompatibilism", "consequence argument", and so forth, central to today's debate on agency and freedom, were invented here. The book begins by explaining the issues involved--the problems associated with fatalism, arguments for compatibilism, arguments for incompatibilism, the consequences of our not having free will, and the "traditional problem", which is mainly the ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: By Topic - Psychology & Counseling - Health, Mind & Body - Subjects - Books - Will Psychology & Counseling - Health, Mind & Body - Subjects - Books - Cognitive Philosophy - Nonfiction - Subjects - Books - Ethics & Morality Philosophy - Nonfiction - Subjects - Books - Free Will & Determinism Philosophy - Nonfiction - Subjects - Books - General