Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of PhilosophyJoel Feinberg, Russ Shafer-Landau The Tenth Edition of this leading, topically-organized anthology provides a superb balance of historical selections and recent material. The text covers reason and religious belief; human knowledge; mind and its place in nature; determinism; free will and responsibility; and morality and justice in five parts, with careful attention to opposing points of view. |
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... happen to purely immaterial substances and the view that so - called mental events are physical events which happen to purely material substances . We have seen both advantages and disadvantages in each of these main lines of approach ...
... happen to purely immaterial substances and the view that so - called mental events are physical events which happen to purely material substances . We have seen both advantages and disadvantages in each of these main lines of approach ...
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... happen , and this cerebral event ( by ' transeunt causation ' ) makes A happen . 8. The second objection is more difficult and con- cerns the very concept of ' immanent causation ' , or causation by an agent , as this concept is to be ...
... happen , and this cerebral event ( by ' transeunt causation ' ) makes A happen . 8. The second objection is more difficult and con- cerns the very concept of ' immanent causation ' , or causation by an agent , as this concept is to be ...
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... happen ; ( 2 ) He can resist the temptation to allow A to happen ( i.e. to do nothing to prevent A from happening ) . We may suppose that the man has some desire to have A happen and thus has a motive for making A happen . His motive ...
... happen ; ( 2 ) He can resist the temptation to allow A to happen ( i.e. to do nothing to prevent A from happening ) . We may suppose that the man has some desire to have A happen and thus has a motive for making A happen . His motive ...
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The Existence and Nature of | 6 |
Rebellion from The Brothers Karamazov | 84 |
Pascals Wager Defended | 118 |
Copyright | |
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