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3Liberation from Self: A Theory of Personal Autonomy (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 58 (4): 995-996. 1998.A book review of Bernard Berofksy's Liberation from Self: A Theory of Personal Autonomy.
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2Intentions by DefaultPacific Philosophical Quarterly 70 (2): 155-166. 1989.If, as much recent work in the philosophy of action suggests, intention plays a crucial role in the production of intentional action, a complete theory of explanation of intentional action should provide an account of the production of intentions themselves. I shall not offer a perfectly general account in this paper. Rather, I shall limit my investigation to intentions formed or acquired on the basis of practical evaluative inference and to the role of some important kinds of evaluative judgmen…Read more
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2Luck and Free WillIn Duncan Pritchard & Lee John Whittington (eds.), The Philosophy of Luck, Wiley-blackwell. 2015.This essay sketches a problem about luck for typical incompatibilist views of free will posed in Alfred Mele, Free Will and Luck (2006), and examines recent reactions to that problem. Reactions featuring appeals to agent causation receive special attention. Because the problem is focused on decision making, the control that agents have over what they decide is a central topic. Other topics discussed include the nature of lucky action and differences between directly and indirectly free actions.
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1Fischer on epistemic and freedom requirements for moral responsibilityIn Taylor W. Cyr, Andrew Law & Neal A. Tognazzini (eds.), Freedom, Responsibility, and Value: Essays in Honor of John Martin Fischer, Routledge. 2023.
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1FreedomIn Graham Oppy (ed.), A Companion to Atheism and Philosophy, Blackwell. 2019.This chapter provides some theoretical background on free will and then takes up a striking claim in some scientific literature on free will – the claim that the existence of free will depends on the existence of souls. That claim is rebutted – largely on empirical grounds. Studies in experimental philosophy provide evidence that the claim at issue gives voice to a minority conception of free will.
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Have I unmasked self-deception or am I self-deceived?In Clancy W. Martin (ed.), The philosophy of deception, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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Intention and Intentional ActionIn Brian McLaughlin, Ansgar Beckermann & Sven Walter (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mind, Oxford University Press. 2009.
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Psychology and Free Will: A CommentaryIn John Baer, James C. Kaufman & Roy F. Baumeister (eds.), Are we free?: psychology and free will, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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D.N. Walton, "Courage: A philosophical investigation"International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 23 (2): 117. 1988.
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Action and MindIn Sarah Robins, John Francis Symons & Paco Calvo (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology, Routledge. 2009.
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Delusional confabulations and self-deceptionIn William Hirstein (ed.), Confabulation: Views From Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology, and Philosophy, Oxford University Press. pp. 139-158. 2009.
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