| Description |
12 audio discs (approximately 720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 133 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
The Great courses. Philosophy & intellectual history |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Performer |
Lecturer: Shaun Nichols, Univerity of Arizona. |
| Note |
In two containers (19 cm.). |
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Compact discs. |
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Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Lecture 1. Free will and determinism : the basic debate ; lecture 2. Fate and karma -- disc 2. lecture 3. Divine predestination and foreknowledge ; lecture 4. Causal determinism -- disc 3. lecture 5. Ancient and medieval indeterminism ; lecture 6. Agent causation -- disc 4. lecture 7. Ancient and classical compatibilism ; lecture 8. Contemporary compatibilism -- disc 5. lecture 9. Hard determinism ; lecture 10. Free will impossibilism -- disc 6. lecture 11. The belief in free will ; lecture 12. Physics and free will. |
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disc 7. lecture 13. Neuroscience and determinism ; lecture 14. Neuroscience of conscious choice -- disc 8. lecture 15. Psychology and free will ; lecture 16. Deontological ethics and free will -- disc 9. lecture 17. Utilitarianism and free will ; lecture 18. Responsibility and the emotions -- disc 10. lecture 19. Pessimism and illusionism ; lecture 20. Optimism and skepticism -- disc 11. lecture 21. The ethics of punishment ; lecture 22. The power of punishment -- disc 12. lecture 23. Moral responsibility and psychopathy ; lecture 24. The future of responsibility. |
| Summary |
By explaining the fundamental approaches to this familiar debate, Professor Nichols thoroughly prepares you for an in-depth study of the complexities of free will and determinism. You discover what great thinkers through the ages believe about the choices we make and understand how we might deal with their implications. |
| Subject |
Free will and determinism.
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Philosophy.
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Free will and determinism. (OCoLC)fst00933968
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Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01060777
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Title |
Free will and determinism |
| ISBN |
9781598034615 |
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1598034618 |
| Music No. |
4235 Teaching Co. |
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PC4235-01--PC4235-02 Teaching Co. (discs) |
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