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76A Hard-line Reply to Pereboom’s Four-Case Manipulation ArgumentPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 77 (1): 142-159. 2008.
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260Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility (edited book)Lexington Books. 2013.Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility is an edited collection of new essays by an internationally recognized line-up of contributors. It is aimed at readers who wish to explore the philosophical and scientific arguments for free will skepticism and their implications.
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1117Free Will Skepticism and BypassingIn Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.), Moral Psychology, Vol. 4, Mit Press. 2014.Discusses Eddy Nahmias' “Is Free Will an Illusion?”
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87Existentialism: Basic Writings (edited book)Hackett Publishing Company. 2001."An invaluable source for undergraduate courses in continental philosophy." --Giovanna Borradori, Vassar College.
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137Reasons-responsiveness, alternative possibilities, and manipulation arguments against compatibilism: Reflections on John Martin Fischer's my wayPhilosophical Books 47 (3): 198-212. 2006.
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808Four Views on Free WillWiley-Blackwell. 2009.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; the second half allows them to directly respond to each other’s arg…Read more
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29The Rationalists: Critical Essays on Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1999.This book brings together thirteen articles on the most discussed thinkers in the rationalist movement: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Malebranche. These articles address the topics in metaphysics and epistemology that figure most prominently in contemporary work on these philosophers. The articles have all been produced since 1980, and their authors are among the most respected in the field.
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24And Divine ProvidenceIn Ken Perszyk (ed.), Molinism: The Contemporary Debate, Oxford University Press. pp. 262. 2011.
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163Robert Kane, The Significance of Free Will:The Significance of Free WillEthics 110 (2): 426-430. 2000.
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245A Defense of Free Will Skepticism: Replies to Commentaries by Victor Tadros, Saul Smilansky, Michael McKenna, and Alfred R. Mele on Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in LifeCriminal Law and Philosophy 11 (3): 617-636. 2017.This paper features Derk Pereboom’s replies to commentaries by Victor Tadros and Saul Smilansky on his non-retributive, incapacitation-focused proposal for treatment of dangerous criminals; by Michael McKenna on his manipulation argument against compatibilism about basic desert and causal determination; and by Alfred R. Mele on his disappearing agent argument against event-causal libertarianism.
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| Philosophy of Action |
| Philosophy of Mind |
| Philosophy of Religion |
| 17th/18th Century Philosophy |