Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> Free Will & Determinism

First published in 1923, this book collects together sixteen essays written between 1912 and 1922 that reflect how the author's views on education became increasingly interwoven with their views on "things in general" -- with half dealing with each subject. Reflecting this interweave, they are arranged chronologically rather than by subject due to their "unity of conviction and purpose." The author argues that the question "Is man free to direct the process of his own growth?" naturally follows from the question "Is man a free agent?" Thus if freedom is inextricably linked to growth it...

Nietzsche s relationship with Wagner has long been a source of controversy and has given rise to a number of important studies, including this major breakthrough in Nietzsche scholarship, first published in 1982. In this work Hollinrake contends that the nature and extent of the anti-Wagnerian pastiche and polemic in Thus Spake Zarathustra is arguably the most important factor in the association between the two. Thus Wagner, as the purveyor of a particular brand of Schopenhauerian pessimism, is here revealed as one of the principle sources and targets of Zarathustra....

Every living being grows older everyday. Yet, it is a natural act of life that is associated with negativity and anti-isms.

Once Upon A Time I Would Grow Old puts the spotlight on being older as a powerful, positive and purposeful time full of fun, wild passion and crazy adventures loaded with the ability to not care what anyone else has to think about your true Self.

You will be introduced to the concept of Living Older instead of growing older. Be inspired to embrace the dark corners of the unknown future as you live every present day with a groove that is...

Essays on Freedom of Action, first published in 1973, brings together original papers by contemporary British and American philosophers on questions which have long concerned philosophers and others: the question of whether persons are wholly a part of the natural world and their actions the necessary effects of causal processes, and the question of whether our actions are free, and such that we can be held responsible for them, even if they are the necessary effects of casual processes. This volume will be of interest not only to those who are primarily concerned with philosophy...

Der Determinismus scheint mit unserem Selbstverstandnis in verschiedenen Hinsichten unvereinbar zu sein. Welche Hinsichten sind es, und warum genau besteht hier eine Spannung mit dem Determinismus? Ist diese Spannung real oder nur scheinbar? Und was wurde gegebenenfalls der Indeterminismus helfen? Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht diesen Fragen in ihren verschiedenen Aspekten nach.

The subject of "human free-will" versus "divine predestination" is one of the most contentious topics in classical Islamic thought. By focusing on a theme of central importance to any philosophy of religion, and to Islam in particular, this book offers a critical study of the intellectual contributions offered to this discourse by three key medieval Islamic thinkers: Avicenna, al-Gh z l and Ibn Arab .

Through investigation of primary sources, Free Will and Predestination in Islamic Thought establishes the historical, political and intellectual circumstances...