| Description |
1 online resource (170 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Atheism.
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Free will and determinism -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION / Atheism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Other version: Barker, Dan. Free will explained. New York : Sterling, 2018. 1454927356 (OCoLC)996422130 |
| ISBN |
9781454927365 (e-pub) |
| Standard No. |
9781454927365 |
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