Freedom of the Individual : : Expanded Edition / / Stuart Hampshire.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Hampshire, Stuart,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1975
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: Expanded
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1819
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION --; Chapter 1. TWO KINDS OF POSSIBILITY --; Chapter 2. DESIRE --; Chapter 3. TWO KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE --; Chapter 4. CONCLUSION --; Chapter 5. DETERMINISM AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION: A POSTSCRIPT
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400868520; 9783110426847; 9783110413564; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400868520
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Stuart Hampshire.

Stuart Hampshire's essay on human freedom offers an important analysis of concepts surrounding the central idea of intentional action. The author contrasts the powers of animals and of inanimate things; examines the relation between power and action; and distinguishes between two kinds of self-knowledge. Explaining human freedom by means of this distinction, he focuses his attention on self-knowledge gained by introspection. He writes: ".an individual who acquires more systematic knowledge of the causes of states of mind, emotion, and desires, insofar as these are not the outcome of his decision, thereby becomes more free than he previously was to control and direct his own life:.there will in general be a closer correlation between that which he sets himself to do and that which he actually achieves in his life."In a postscript on determinism and psychological explanation, the author provides a detailed account of some of the ways in which explanation of states of mind differs from explanation of physical states.Originally published in 1975.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.