Overview
Resolves many of the outstanding questions in the metaphysics and semantics of agentive modality
Develops original accounts of topics that have been central to philosophy since Aristotle
Articulates an austere and uncompromising form of compatibilism about free will
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About this book
The main contributions of this book are twofold. First, it resolves many of the outstanding questions in the metaphysics and semantics of agentive modality. In doing so, it develops original accounts of topics that have been central to philosophy since Aristotle. It also contributes to a lively contemporary literature on these topics. Second, it articulates an austere and uncompromising form of compatibilism about free will, termed “simple compatibilism.” Simple compatibilism is so-called because it rejects both the reductive theses endorsed by traditional compatibilists and the sophisticated proposals of many contemporary compatibilists. Instead, it turns precisely on insisting that options are analytically simple. Arguments for incompatibilism are shown to rest on auxiliary principles that should, in light of the book’s general account of options, be rejected.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
John T. Maier is an Outpatient Therapist at the Freedom Trail Clinic in Boston. He is also adjunct faculty in Philosophy at Bentley University and in Educational Studies at Lesley University. He has previously held positions at the Australian National University, Cambridge University, and Peking University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Options and Agency
Authors: John T. Maier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10243-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10242-4Published: 23 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-10245-5Published: 24 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-10243-1Published: 21 September 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 170
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Ethics