Puzzles for the will
Subtitle: fatalism, Newcomb and Samarra, determinism and omniscience
By: Jordan Howard Sobel.
Series: Toronto studies in philosophy
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Free will and determinism.; Libre arbitre et déterminisme.
Description: Issues of free will and determinism, with their far-reaching practical implications, hold a central place in the history of philosophy. In this book Jordan Howard Sobel looks at the many and varied approaches to this complex topic.

Sobel considers some problems for decision-making that arise if we grant the possibility that someone may be able to predict reliably what another agent will freely choose. Sobel's careful analysis lays a solid foundation for the study of free will and will interest all who are concerned with fated, determined, and predicted choices and how philosophical reflection about these can puzzle the will.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.