Persons and Causes

Persons and Causes
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : 9780198030508
ISBN-13 : 0198030509
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Book Synopsis Persons and Causes by : Timothy O'Connor

Download or read book Persons and Causes written by Timothy O'Connor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative book refurbishes the traditional account of freedom of will as reasons-guided "agent" causation, situating its account within a general metaphysics. O'Connor's discussion of the general concept of causation and of ontological reductionism v. emergence will specially interest metaphysicians and philosophers of mind.


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