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Available
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Publication
Great Courses (2013), 12 lectures, 30 minutes each
Description
By explaining the fundamental approaches to this familiar debate, Professor Nichols thoroughly prepares you for an in-depth study of the complexities of free will and determinism. You discover what great thinkers through the ages believe about the choices we make and understand how we might deal with their implications.
Language
Original language
English
Local notes
[1] Free will and determinism: the basic debate [2] Fate and karma [3] Divine predestination and foreknowledge [4] Causal determinism [5] Ancient and medieval indeterminism [6] Agent causation [7] Ancient and classical compatibilism [8] Contemporary compatibilism [9] Hard determinism [10] Free will impossibilism [11] Belief in free will [12] Physics and free will [13] Neuroscience and determinism [14] Neuroscience of conscious choice [15] Psychology and free will [16] Deontological ethics and free will [17] Utilitarianism and free will [18] Responsibility and the emotions [19] Pessimism and illusionism [20] Optimism and skepticism [21] Ethics of punishment [22] Power of punishment [23] Moral responsibility and psychopathy [24] Future of responsibility