A Metaphysics for Freedom

A Metaphysics for Freedom
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9780199552054
ISBN-13 : 0199552053
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Book Synopsis A Metaphysics for Freedom by : Helen Steward

Download or read book A Metaphysics for Freedom written by Helen Steward and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen 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 distinctive, 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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