Free Will Explained: How the Melody of Science and the Harmony of Philosophy Create a Beautiful Illusion - Softcover

Barker, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1454927356 ISBN 13: 9781454927358

Verlag: Sterling, 2018

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"Barker's model [is] a useful way of thinking about free will that adds new perspective on a complicated ethical and philosophical quandary." --Publishers Weekly

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A compelling essay on free will from an internationally recognized authority on atheism, and author of God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction. Do we have free will? And if we don't, why do we feel as if we do? In a godless universe governed by impersonal laws of cause and effect, are you responsible for your actions? Former evangelical minister Dan Barker (God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction) unveils a novel solution to the question that has baffled scientists and philosophers for millennia. He outlines the concept of what he calls "harmonic free will," a two-dimensional perspective that pivots the paradox on its axis to show that there is no single answer--both sides are right. Free will is a useful illusion: not a scientific, but a social truth.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Sterling
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1454927356
• ISBN 13: 9781454927358
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176