ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1968, examines the complicated issues which surround the problem of freewill. Although it reaches a libertarian conclusion, its focus is largely on other questions. What ultimately is at stake in this debate? What difference would it make whether we had freewill or not? Why must disagreement persist, and why do philosophes each opposed conclusions with such confidence? The answers to these questions open new perspectives.

chapter I|9 pages

The Problem

chapter II|27 pages

Freedom and Indeterminism

chapter III|26 pages

The Nature of the Debate

chapter IV|17 pages

The Scope of Libertarianism

chapter v|28 pages

Freewill and Philosophy of Mind

chapter VI|18 pages

The Re-Emergence of the Problem

chapter VII|19 pages

Predictability

chapter VIII|15 pages

Moral Philosophy and Moral Problems

chapter IX|32 pages

Desert and Efficacy

chapter I|24 pages

Excuses

chapter XI|20 pages

Determinism and Phenomenology

chapter XII|24 pages

Theoretical and Practical Explanation

chapter XIII|25 pages

Determinism, Science and Morality

chapter XIV|38 pages

Conclusion

chapter |11 pages

Appendix I

chapter |7 pages

Appendix II