A metaphysics for freedom / [electronic resource]

by Steward, Helen.

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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191738838 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Free will and determinism | Agent (Philosophy) | CausationOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Steward argues that determinism is incompatible with agency itself - not only the special human variety of agency, but also powers which can be accorded to animal agents. She offers a non-dualistic version of libertarianism, rooted in a conception of what biological forms of organisation might make possible in the way of freedom.

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Steward argues that determinism is incompatible with agency itself - not only the special human variety of agency, but also powers which can be accorded to animal agents. She offers a non-dualistic version of libertarianism, rooted in a conception of what biological forms of organisation might make possible in the way of freedom.

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A metaphysics for freedom / [electronic resource]

by Steward, Helen.