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" How physics makes us free / "
J.T. Ismael.
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BL
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873166
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Ismael, Jenann,1968-
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How physics makes us free /\ J.T. Ismael.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY, United States of America :: Oxford University Press,, 2016.
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xiv, 273 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0190269448
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: 9780190269449
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index.
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| Contents
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The place of selves in the natural order -- What am I? -- The rise of the self-governor -- The unity of self -- Appendix for slackers -- The place of action in the natural order -- How can I be free if my actions are determined by physical laws? The consequence argument -- How can I be free if my actions are caused by things outside of my control? Causation -- The open future -- The paradox of predictability -- Fatalism -- Self-constitution: the making of the self.
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"Ismael provides a deeply informed account of what physics tells us about ourselves. The result is a vision that is abstract, alien, illuminating, and-Ismael argues-affirmative of most of what we all believe about our own freedom."c--Amazon.
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Physics-- Philosophy.
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Anthropologie
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Freiheit
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Kausalität
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Natur
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Philosophie
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Physics-- Philosophy.
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Physik
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Willensfreiheit
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530.01
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QC6.I675 2016
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