Freedom and Belief

By Galen Strawson

Book Overview

On the whole, we continue to believe firmly both that we have free will and that we are morally responsible for what we do. Here, the author argues that there is a fundamental sense in which there is no such thing as free will or true moral responsibility (as ordinarily understood). Devoting the main body of his book to an attempt to explain why we continue to believe as we do, Strawson examines various aspects of the "cognitive phenomenology" of freedom--the nature, causes, and consequences of our deep commitment to belief in freedom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198239335
• ISBN13: 9780198239338
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"