General Philosophy Lecture 8 (Slides)
PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 8.
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7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice
enDecember 01, 2010
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Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, determinism and choice; the need for a concept of freedom to allow free choice, the problems associated with this and asking whether we really have freedom of choice.
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PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 7.
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7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice
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