Description
This book is clearly and compellingly written and highly original. Arpaly does a really excellent job of situating herself within the literature on free will and accounts of praise and blame. I also personally like that she does not depend on the dubious idea of 'reactive attitudes' to ground her account. I find her approach refreshingly sensible. This is an excellent book. -- Julia Driver, Dartmouth College Arpaly's book is fresh, novel, and original, making intriguing and suggestive contributions to our understanding of basic and important issues. Her use of examples from literature and from psychological theorizing about mental illness helps significantly to broaden and deepen the philosophical discussion. She is distinctive for avoiding the abstract and sometimes sterile hypothetical examples of action-theorists in favor of more colorful and realistic examples from a broad variety of contexts. She offers helpful insights about various issues, and an overall picture that is attractive and distinctive. -- John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside
About the Author
Nomy Arpaly is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brown University and the author of "Unprincipled Virtue".
Reviews
"This volume is a very interesting and clearly written contribution to the literature on free will and determinism."--Choice
Book Information
ISBN 9780691124339
Author Nomy Arpaly
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publisher Princeton University Press
Weight(grams) 369g