{"product_id":"puzzles-for-the-will-jordan-howard-sobel-9780802043269","title":"Puzzles for the Will","description":"\u003cp\u003eIssues of free will and determinism, with their far-reaching practical implications, hold a central place in the history of philosophy. In this book Jordan Howard Sobel looks at the many and varied approaches to this complex topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arguments analysed fall into two main groups: those from within the literature of fatalism or logical determinism, claiming that free will is impossible, and those from the field of causal determinism, granting that free will is logically possible but showing that we lack free will owing to certain contingent facts about the world. Sobel considers some problems for decision-making that arise if we grant the possibility that someone may be able to predict reliably what another agent will freely choose. Sobel's careful analysis lays a solid foundation for the study of free will and will interest all who are concerned with fated, determined, and predicted choices and how philosophical reflection about these can puzzle the will.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jordan Howard Sobel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802043267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802043269\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.22w x 0.82d","brand":"Jordan Howard Sobel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453391712511,"sku":"9780802043269","price":91.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84aeef5d-bf12-4c9b-8b31-6dfc64e391df.jpg?v=1777300001","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/puzzles-for-the-will-jordan-howard-sobel-9780802043269","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}