Free Will and Theism: Connections, Contingencies, and Concerns by Kevin Timpe (E

Description: Free Will and Theism by Kevin Timpe, Daniel Speak This volume presents a systematic exploration of the relationship between religious beliefs and how they might shape our views about the nature of free will. A team of leading experts in the field focus their attention on this crucial point of intellectual intersection with surprising and illuminating results. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Concerns both about the nature of free will and about the credibility of theistic belief and commitment have long preoccupied philosophers. In addition, there can be no denying that the history of philosophical inquiry into these two issues has been dynamic and, at least to some degree, integrated. In a great many cases, classical treatments of one have influenced classical treatments of the other--and in a variety of ways. Without pretending to be able to trace allthe historical integrations of these treatments, there is no real question that these philosophical interrelations exist and are worthy of further exploration. In addition, contemporary discussionscontain more than a few hints of suspicion that theistic belief is adversely affecting the purity of inquiry into contours of human free will.Nevertheless, until now there has been no volume systematically exploring the relationship between religious beliefs and various accounts of free will in the contemporary domain. With a particular eye on how the former might be--either legitimately or illegitimately--affecting the latter, this collection fills an important gap in thecurrent debate. Here, sixteen leading philosophers focus their attention on a crucial point of intellectual intersection, with surprising and illuminating results. Author Biography Kevin Timpe is William Harry Jellema Chair in Christian Philosophy at Calvin College, and a former Templeton Research Fellow at St. Peters College, Oxford University. His research is focused on the metaphysics of free will and moral responsibility, virtue ethics, philosophy of disability, and issues in the philosophy of religion. He is the author of Free Will: Sourcehood and its Alternatives, 2nd edn (Bloomsbury, 2012) and Free Will in PhilosophicalTheology (Bloomsbury, 2013). He has edited a number of volumes, including Virtues and Their Vices (OUP, 2014) and Arguing about Religion (Routledge, 2009). He is currently working (with Meghan Griffith and NeilLevy) on The Routledge Companion to Free Will.Daniel Speak is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University. He has recently served as a Visiting Research Fellow at Biola Universitys Center for Christian Thought and as a Senior Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Religion at Rutgers University. He thinks and writes principally about the metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology of free will and about related issues in the philosophy of religion. His articles have appeared in The Philosophical Quarterly,Faith and Philosophy, and The Oxford Handbook of Free Will, among others. Table of Contents Daniel Speak and Kevin Timpe: Introduction1: Manuel R. Vargas: The runeburg problem: theism, libertarianism, and motivated reasoning2: John Martin Fischer: Libertarianism and the problem of flip-flopping3: Laura W. Ekstrom: The cost of freedom4: Jerry L. Walls: One hell of a problem for christian compatibilists5: Tamler Sommers: Relative responsibility and theism6: Derk Pereboom: Libertarianism and theological determinism7: Timothy OConnor: Against theological determinism8: T. J. Mawson: Theism has no implications for the debate between libertarianism and compatibilism9: Helen Steward: Libertarianism as a naturalistic position10: Meghan Griffith: Agent causation and theism11: Michael J. Almeida: Bringing about perfect worlds12: W. Matthews Grant: Divine universal causality and libertarian freedom13: Neal Judisch: Divine conservation and creaturely freedom14: Rebekah L. H. Rice: Divine agency and acting for reasons15: Kevin Timpe: Gods freedom, Gods character16: Jesse Couenhoven: Immutable freedom Review "Free Will and Theism is a helpful tool that will allow the reader to develop a good grasp of the contemporary theistic philosophical debate on free will."--Reading Religion"Its hard to convey in such summary fashion the richness of this collection. It should be essential reading for theistic philosophers interested in the intersection of theism and free will...[and] of considerable interest to non-theists who want to see what the big crossword puzzle--at least that part of the crossword puzzle that concerns free agency--looks like when philosophers with different commitments from theirs endeavor to fill in some of the squares. That interest in how things look under an alternative set of assumptions is the essence of the philosophical spirit." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Long Description Concerns both about the nature of free will and about the credibility of theistic belief and commitment have long preoccupied philosophers. In addition, there can be no denying that the history of philosophical inquiry into these two issues has been dynamic and, at least to some degree, integrated. In a great many cases, classical treatments of one have influenced classical treatments of the other--and in a variety of ways. Without pretending to be able to trace allthe historical integrations of these treatments, there is no real question that these philosophical interrelations exist and are worthy of further exploration. In addition, contemporary discussionscontain more than a few hints of suspicion that theistic belief is adversely affecting the purity of inquiry into contours of human free will.Nevertheless, until now there has been no volume systematically exploring the relationship between religious beliefs and various accounts of free will in the contemporary domain. With a particular eye on how the former might be--either legitimately or illegitimately--affecting the latter, this collection fills an important gap in thecurrent debate. Here, sixteen leading philosophers focus their attention on a crucial point of intellectual intersection, with surprising and illuminating results. Review Quote "Free Will and Theism is a helpful tool that will allow the reader to develop a good grasp of the contemporary theistic philosophical debate on free will."--Reading Religion "Its hard to convey in such summary fashion the richness of this collection. It should be essential reading for theistic philosophers interested in the intersection of theism and free will...[and] of considerable interest to non-theists who want to see what the big crossword puzzle--at least that part of the crossword puzzle that concerns free agency--looks like when philosophers with different commitments from theirs endeavor to fill in some of the squares. That interest in how things look under an alternative set of assumptions is the essence of the philosophical spirit." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Feature Brand new work by a team of leading scholarsBrings together two vibrant philosophical areasEssential reading for anyone working in the areaAccompanied by a substantive introduction to the debate Details ISBN0198743955 Language English Year 2016 ISBN-10 0198743955 ISBN-13 9780198743958 Format Hardcover Publisher Oxford University Press Subtitle Connections, Contingencies, and Concerns Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Daniel Speak DEWEY 123.5 Short Title FREE WILL & THEISM Media Book Author Daniel Speak Affiliation Loyola Marymount University Publication Date 2016-05-05 UK Release Date 2016-05-05 NZ Release Date 2016-05-05 Pages 330 Imprint Oxford University Press Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2016-05-18 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:102012827;

Price: 283.5 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2024-12-03T02:07:52.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 AUD