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FREE WILL
‘A remarkably clear-headed, balanced analysis of free will. Dilman’s
discussions are marked by exemplary clarity in exposition and a focus on
getting to what features of human experience have been captured by each
thinker.’
Professor Herbert Morris, UCLA
‘There can be no doubting the sustained, high level of scholarship displayed in
this detailed study of key thinkers and sources on free will and determinism. The
style is pleasant and easy to read, making the work accessible to a wide
audience.’
Steve Champlin, University of Hull
What is the place of free will in our lives if all our actions are the result of some
other cause? Do our desires and unconscious beliefs make us less free? How
do human beings assert their autonomy in a world governed by chance, cause
and necessity?
The debate between free will and its opposing doctrine, determinism, is one
of the key issues in philosophy.
Free Will: An historical and philosophical
introduction
provides a comprehensive introduction to this highly important
topic and examines the contributions of sixteen of the most outstanding
thinkers across the ages. Beginning with Homer and early Greek thought,
Ilham Dilman examines the writings of Sophocles, Plato and Aristotle, then
moves to questions on ethics and theology as explored in the medieval times
by St Thomas Aquinas and St Augustine. The analysis continues with the
question of free will in the context of empiricism, as seen in the works of
Descartes, Spinoza, Kant and Hume, before it embarks on the treatment of
the subject by modern thinkers like Schopenhauer, Freud, Sartre, Simone
Weil, Moore and Wittgenstein.
This critical study spans a wide area of philosophy and encompasses diverse
views on the subject drawn from literature, psychoanalysis, ethics and
theology. Ilham Dilman provides a thorough analysis of the continuum
between freedom and determinism and offers valuable insights from both
sides of the divide.
Ilham Dilman
is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Wales,
Swansea.
FREE WILL
An historical and philosophical
introduction
Ilham Dilman
London and New York
First published 1999
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001.
©1999 Ilham Dilman
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form
or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including
photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without
permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Dilman, Ilham
Free will; an historical and philosophical introduction/ Ilham Dilman
p. cm.
Includes biographical references and index.
1. Free will and determinism–History. I. Title.
BJ1460.D55 1999
123‘.5‘09–dc 21
98-35363
ISBN 0–415–20055–5 (hbk)
ISBN 0–415–20056–3 (pbk)
ISBN 0-203-00238-5 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-17478-X (Glassbook Format)
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