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14DeterminismPrinceton 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
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4Freedom from Necessity: The Metaphysical Basis of ResponsibilityRoutledge. 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.
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41Belief and responsibilityIn Peter Slezak (ed.), Computers, Brains and Minds, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 95--122. 1989.
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81Review article: Freedom and Determinism, edited by Keith LehrerJournal of Value Inquiry 3 (2): 147-156. 1969.
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114The Cement of the Universe: A Study of Causation (review)Journal of Philosophy 74 (2): 103-118. 1977.
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37Through Thick and Thin: Mele on AutonomyPhilosophical and Phenomenological Research 58 (3): 689-697. 1998.
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185DeterminismPrinceton University Press. 1971.A revision of the author's thesis, Columbia University, 1963.
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Free Will in the History of PhilosophyIn Robert Audi (ed.), Dictionary of the History of Ideas, . 1970.
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AutonomyIn L. S. Cauman, Isaac Levi, Charles D. Parsons & Robert Schwartz (eds.), How Many Questions?, Hacket. 1983.
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Is Pathological Altruism Altruism?In Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, Guruprasad Madhavan & David Sloan Wilson (eds.), Pathological Altruism, Oxford University Press. 2011.
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Compatibilism Without Frankfurt: Dispositional Analyses of Free WillIn Robert Kane (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Free Will, Oxford University Press. 2001.
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1Classical CompatibilismIn Kevin Timpe, Meghan Griffith & Neil Levy (eds.), The Routlege Companion to Free Will, Routledge. pp. 4-51. 2016.
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In Defense of Mill's Theory of Free WillIn Antis Loizides (ed.), Mill’s a System of Logic: Critical Appraisals, Routledge. 2014.
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1The Luck Argument Against LibertarianismIn Allan McCay & Michael Sevel (eds.), Free Will and the Law: New Perspectives, Routledge. pp. 66-84. 2019.
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174Ultimate Responsibility in a Deterministic WorldThe Significance of Free WillPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 60 (1): 135. 2000.
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