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Christopher Peacocke

Columbia University
Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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  • Columbia University
    Department of Philosophy
    Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy
  • Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London
    Other (Part-time)
University of Oxford
Faculty of Philosophy
DPhil
Homepage
New York City, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Science, Logic, and Mathematics
Other Academic Areas
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Mind
Metaphysics and Epistemology
Science, Logic, and Mathematics
Other Academic Areas
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    The modality of freedom
    Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 43 349-375. 1998.
    The classical problem of free will is one instance of the Integration Challenge. The Integration Challenge in its general form is that of reconciling our metaphysics of any given area with our epistemology for that same area. In the case of free will, the challenge is that of reconciling our seeming first-person knowledge of our exercise of free thought, deliberation, choice and action with a description of what is really going on in the world as characterized in terms of causation, determinatio…Read more
    Theories of Free Will