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Bernard Berofsky

Columbia University
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  • Columbia University
    Department of Philosophy
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New York City, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Action
Theories of Free Will
Topics in Free Will
Moral Responsibility
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Physical Science
Theories of Free Will
Topics in Free Will
Moral Responsibility
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  •  14
    Determinism
    Princeton University Press. 2015.
    Bernard Berofsky formulates a concept of determinism in terms that will be constructive for the continuing libertarian-determinist debate. His discussion will interest those who want a deeper understanding of this metaphysical doctrine, and anyone whose fundamental concern is with the nature of human responsibility and the possible threats to it posed by determinism. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available prev…Read more
    Bernard Berofsky formulates a concept of determinism in terms that will be constructive for the continuing libertarian-determinist debate. His discussion will interest those who want a deeper understanding of this metaphysical doctrine, and anyone whose fundamental concern is with the nature of human responsibility and the possible threats to it posed by determinism. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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    Freedom from Necessity: The Metaphysical Basis of Responsibility
    Routledge. 2017.
    This book, first published in 1987, is about the classic free will problem, construed in terms of the implications of moral responsibility. The principal thesis is that the core issue is metaphysical: can scientific laws postulate objectively necessary connections between an action and its causal antecedents? The author concludes they cannot, and that, therefore, free will and determinism can be reconciled.
  • Introductory philosophy (edited book)
    with Frank A. Tillman and John Morris O'Connor
    Harper & Row. 1967.
    Philosophy, General Works
  • Keith Lehrer, ed., Freedom and Determinism
    Journal of Value Inquiry 3 (2): 151. 1969.
    Value TheoryTheories of Free Will
  •  41
    Belief and responsibility
    In Peter Slezak (ed.), Computers, Brains and Minds, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 95--122. 1989.
    Free Will and ResponsibilityCompatibilism
  •  1
    Books available
    with Frederick C. Beiser, Wolfgang Benhabib, John McCole, Robert H. Blank, and Andre L. Bonnicksen
    Auslegung 21. 1996.
  •  17
    Conceptions of Freedom (review)
    Journal of Philosophy 67 (7): 208-220. 1970.
  •  81
    Review article: Freedom and Determinism, edited by Keith Lehrer
    with Stephen C. Pepper
    Journal of Value Inquiry 3 (2): 147-156. 1969.
    Value TheorySocial and Political PhilosophyValue Theory, MiscellaneousCompatibilism
  •  114
    The Cement of the Universe: A Study of Causation (review)
    Journal of Philosophy 74 (2): 103-118. 1977.
    Theories of Causation
  •  37
    Through Thick and Thin: Mele on Autonomy
    Philosophical and Phenomenological Research 58 (3): 689-697. 1998.
  •  39
    IX
    In Determinism, Princeton University Press. pp. 268-270. 1971.
  •  17
    Index
    In Determinism, Princeton University Press. pp. 325-330. 1971.
  •  27
    II. Predictability
    In Determinism, Princeton University Press. pp. 28-34. 1971.
  •  30
    I. Foreknowledge
    In Determinism, Princeton University Press. pp. 9-27. 1971.
    Free Will and Foreknowledge
  •  53
    Foreword
    with Isaac Levi
    Journal of Philosophy 109 (8-9): 469-469. 2012.
    Media Ethics
  •  201
    Determinism and the concept of a person
    Journal of Philosophy 61 (16): 461-475. 1964.
    Persons, MiscTheories of Free Will
  •  185
    Determinism
    Princeton University Press. 1971.
    A revision of the author's thesis, Columbia University, 1963.
    DeterminismFree Will
  •  97
    Causality and general laws
    Journal of Philosophy 63 (6): 148-157. 1966.
    Theories of Causation
  •  20
    Acknowledgments
    In Determinism, Princeton University Press. 1971.
  • Free Will in the History of Philosophy
    In Robert Audi (ed.), Dictionary of the History of Ideas, . 1970.
  • Review: The Cement of the Universe, by J. L. Mackie (review)
    Journal of Philosophy 74. 1977.
    Metaphysics and EpistemologyValue TheoryScience, Logic, and Mathematics
  • Autonomy
    In L. S. Cauman, Isaac Levi, Charles D. Parsons & Robert Schwartz (eds.), How Many Questions?, Hacket. 1983.
    Science, Logic, and MathematicsValue TheoryMetaphysics and Epistemology
  • Is Pathological Altruism Altruism?
    In Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, Guruprasad Madhavan & David Sloan Wilson (eds.), Pathological Altruism, Oxford University Press. 2011.
    Other Academic AreasPsychiatric Ethics
  • Compatibilism Without Frankfurt: Dispositional Analyses of Free Will
    In Robert Kane (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Free Will, Oxford University Press. 2001.
    Metaphysics and EpistemologyValue Theory
  • Review: Laws, Mind, and Free Will, by Stephen Horst
    Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 6. 2011.
  •  1
    Classical Compatibilism
    In Kevin Timpe, Meghan Griffith & Neil Levy (eds.), The Routlege Companion to Free Will, Routledge. pp. 4-51. 2016.
  • In Defense of Mill's Theory of Free Will
    In Antis Loizides (ed.), Mill’s a System of Logic: Critical Appraisals, Routledge. 2014.
    Compatibilism
  •  1
    The Luck Argument Against Libertarianism
    In Allan McCay & Michael Sevel (eds.), Free Will and the Law: New Perspectives, Routledge. pp. 66-84. 2019.
    Philosophy of Law
  •  13
    Introductory Philosophy, Edited by Frank Tillman, Bernard Berofsky (And) John O'Connor
    with Frank A. Tillman and John Morris O'Connor
    Harper & Row. 1967.
  •  174
    Ultimate Responsibility in a Deterministic WorldThe Significance of Free Will
    with Robert Kane
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 60 (1): 135. 2000.
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