Determinism / / Bernard Berofsky.
Bernard Berofsky formulates a concept of determinism in terms that will be constructive for the continuing libertarian-determinist debate. His discussion will interest those who want a deeper understanding of this metaphysical doctrine, and anyone whose fundamental concern is with the nature of huma...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1971 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1. Accounts of Determinism
- I. Foreknowledge
- II. Predictability
- III. Explanation
- IV. Causality
- Part 2. A Definition of Determinism
- V. The Structure of a Definition
- VI. The Regularity Theory: Translatability
- VII. The Regularity Theory: Adequacy
- VIII. Deterministic Accounts
- IX. Determinism Defined
- Part 3. The Truth of Determinism
- X. The Alleged Triviality of Determinism
- XI. Determinism and Falsification
- XII. Deterministic Theories and the Observable World
- XIII. Psychological Determinism
- Index