Free Will 2nd edition

Contemporary

debates on free will are numerous and multifaceted. According to

compatibilists, it is possible for an agent to be determined in all her choices

and actions and still be free. Incompatibilists, on the other hand, think that

the existence of free will is incompatible with the truth of determinism. There

are also two dominant conceptions of the nature of free will. According to the

first, it is primarily a function of being able to do otherwise than one in

fact does. The second approach focuses on issues of sourcehood, holding

that free will is primarily a function of an agent being the source of her actions

in a particular way.



This book guides the student through all these debates, demarcating the

different conceptions of free will, exploring the relationships between them,

and examining how they relate to the debate between compatibilists and incompatibilists.

In the process, it addresses a number of other views, including revisionism and

free will scepticism. This is the ideal introduction to the contemporary

debates for students at all levels.