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Agency and Necessity (Great Debates in Philosophy)
Agency and Necessity - Great Debates in Philosophy
Author: Antony Flew, Godfrey N.A. Vesey
Rene Descartes asserted in the 17th century that human beings have free will. Unlike automata they are the authors of their actions and can rightly be praised or blamed for them. A century later David Hume said that human actions are determined with the same necessity as are events in the natural world and set about reconciling liberty and neces...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780631145417
ISBN-10: 0631145419
Publication Date: 7/2/1987
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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