"Focusing on the concepts and interactions of free will, moral responsibility, and determinism, this text represents the most up-to-date account of the four major positions in the free will debate. * Four serious and well-known philosophers explore the opposing viewpoints of libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism * The first half of the book contains each philosopher's explanation of his particular view; th ..."
Free Will(2nd Edition) (Hackett Readings in Philosophy) by DerkPereboom Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2009 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-60384-129-0, ISBN: 1-60384-129-6
"A unique anthology featuring contributions to the dispute over free will from Aristotle to the twenty-first century, Derk Pereboom's volume presents the most thoughtful positions taken in this crucial debate and discusses their consequences for free will's traditional corollary, moral responsibility. The Second Edition retains the organizational structure that made its predecessor the leading anthology of its kind, while adding major ne ..."
"Derk Pereboom articulates and defends an original conception of moral responsibility. He argues that if determinism were true we would not be morally responsible in the key basic-desert sense at issue in the free will debate, but that we would also lack this kind of moral responsibility if indeterminism were true and the causes of our actions were exclusively states or events. It is possible that if we were undetermined agent-causes-if ..."
Existentialism(2nd Edition) Basic Writings (Second Edition) by Charles Guignon, DerkPereboom Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2001 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-595-6, ISBN: 0-87220-595-9
Free Will(1st Edition) A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) by Michael Mckenna, DerkPereboom Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-99687-7, ISBN: 0-415-99687-2
"A Contemporary IntroductionBroschiertes BuchAs an advanced introduction to the challenging topic of free will, this book is designed for upper-level undergraduates interested in a comprehensive first-stop into the field's issues and debates. It is written by two of the leading participants in those debates'a compatibilist on the issue of free will and determinism (Michael McKenna) and an incompatibilist (Derk Pereboom). These two author ..."
"'Free will skepticism' refers to a family of views that all take seriously the possibility that human beings lack the control in action - i.e. the free will - required for an agent to be truly deserving of blame and praise, punishment and reward. Critics fear that adopting this view would have harmful consequences for our interpersonal relationships, society, morality, meaning, and laws. Optimistic free will skeptics, on the other hand, ..."
"In this book, Derk Pereboom explores how physicalism might best be formulated and defended against the best anti-physicalist arguments. Two responses to the knowledge and conceivability arguments are set out and developed. The first exploits the open possibility that introspective representations fail to represent mental properties as they are in themselves; specifically, that introspection represents phenomenal properties as having cer ..."
"Basic Desert, Reactive Attitudes and Free Will addresses the issue of whether we can make sense of the widespread conviction that we are morally responsible beings. It focuses on the claim that we deserve to be blamed and punished for our immoral actions, and how this claim can be justified given the philosophical and scientific reasons to believe that we lack the sort of free will required for this sort of desert. Contributions to the ..."
"In this book, Derk Pereboom explores how physicalism might best be formulated and defended against the best anti-physicalist arguments. Two responses to the knowledge and conceivability arguments are set out and developed. The first exploits the open possibility that introspective representations fail to represent mental properties as they are in themselves; specifically, that introspection represents phenomenal properties as having cer ..."
"Derk Pereboom articulates and defends an original conception of moral responsibility. He argues that if determinism were true we would not be morally responsible in the key basic-desert sense at issue in the free will debate, but that we would also lack this kind of moral responsibility if indeterminism were true and the causes of our actions were exclusively states or events. It is possible that if we were undetermined agent-causes-if ..."
"194-207, and Genevieve Rodis-Lewis, Nicolas Malebranche (Paris: Presses
Universitaires de France, 1963), pp. 310-12. 35. " [T]he Incarnation of the Word is
the first and principal of the plans of God" (OC XII-XIII, 207/D 205). Compare
Traité I, i-ii, and Dialogues DC, iii-vi. I am grateful to Thomas Lennon for making
this point clearer to me; see his "Philosophical Commentary," in LO, p. 284; see
also Gueroult, Malebranche, vol. 2, ..."
Free Will(97th Edition) by DerkPereboom Paperback, 302 Pages, Published 1997 by Hackett Pub Co ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-372-3, ISBN: 0-87220-372-7
"As an advanced introduction to the challenging topic of free will, this book is designed for upper-level undergraduates interested in a comprehensive first-stop into the field's issues and debates. It is written by two of the leading participants in those debates-a compatibilist on the issue of free will and determinism (Michael McKenna) and an incompatibilist (Derk Pereboom). These two authors achieve an admirable objectivity and clari ..."
"Basic Desert, Reactive Attitudes and Free Will addresses the issue of whether we can make sense of the widespread conviction that we are morally responsible beings. It focuses on the claim that we deserve to be blamed and punished for our immoral actions, and how this claim can be justified given the philosophical and scientific reasons to believe that we lack the sort of free will required for this sort of desert. Contributions to the ..."
"This book offers a brief introduction to the thought of four figures central to existential philosophy--Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre."
Free Will(1st Edition) A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) by Michael Mckenna, DerkPereboom Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-99686-0, ISBN: 0-415-99686-4
"If my ability to react freely is constrained by forces beyond my control, am I still morally responsible for the things I do? The question of whether, how and to what extent we are responsible for our own actions has always been central to debates in philosophy and theology, and has been the subject of much recent research in cognitive science. And for good reason- the views we take on free will affect the choices we make as individual ..."
Living without Free Will(1st Edition) (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) by DerkPereboom Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2001 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-79198-4, ISBN: 0-521-79198-7
"Most people assume that, even though some degenerative or criminal behavior may be caused by influences beyond our control, ordinary human actions are not similarly generated, but rather are freely chosen, and we can be praiseworthy or blameworthy for them. A less popular and more radical claim is that factors beyond our control produce all of the actions we perform. It is this hard determinist stance that Derk Pereboom articulates in L ..."
Existentialism Basic Writings/Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre by Charles B. Guignon, DerkPereboom Paperback, 340 Pages, Published 1995 by Hackett Pub Co Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-214-6, ISBN: 0-87220-214-3
"An excellent work. The wide selection of readings alone would cost quite a bit of money to assemble seperately. Major contributions by each philospher are summarized in a non-technical manner that is accesible by readers from all walks of life. One of the few books that approaches several major themes under one cover and manages to leave the reader with the seeds of interest rather than confusion and massive generalization. I first ran ..."