Why Free Will Is Real / / Christian List.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
• VerfasserIn: List, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Free Will --; 2. Three Challenges --; 3. In Defence of Intentional Agency --; 4. In Defence of Alternative Possibilities --; 5. In Defence of Causal Control --; Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674239807; 9783110737769; 9783110652031
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674239807
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christian List.

Many scientists and scientifically-minded philosophers are skeptical that free will exists. In clear, scientifically rigorous terms, Christian List explains that free will is like other real phenomena that emerge from physical laws but are autonomous from them—like an ecosystem or the economy—and are indispensable for explaining our world.