This comprehensive introductory guide includes discussion of the major contemporary positions on compatibilism and incompatibilism, and of the central arguments that are a focus of the current debate, including the Consequence Argument, manipulation arguments, and Frankfurt's famous argument against the 'Principle of Alternate Possibilities.

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University of Manchester, UK

Helen Beebee

About the author

Helen Beebee is Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, UK. She has published papers on freedom of the will, causality, laws of nature, the problem of induction, and other topics. Her books include Hume on Causation (2006) and Metaphysics: The Key Concepts (with Nikk Effingham and Philip Goff, 2011).

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Book Title: Free Will
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Helen Beebee
Series Title: Palgrave Philosophy Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316066
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23292-1Published: 30 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-23293-8Published: 30 October 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31606-6Published: 08 October 2013
Series ISSN: 2947-9339
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9347
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 191
Topics: Metaphysics

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Free Will: The Basics

What Does Acting Freely Require? Some Compatibilist Views

Compatibilism and the Consequence Argument

Compatibilism, Sourcehood, and Manipulation Arguments

What Does Acting Freely Require? Some Incompatibilist Views

Frankfurt’s Nefarious Neurosurgeon

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