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    Free Will: An Introduction
    Free Will: An Introduction
    Free Will: An Introduction
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    Free Will: An Introduction

    By H. Beebee

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    This comprehensive introductory guide includes discussion of the major contemporary positions on compatibilism and incompatibilism, and of the central arguments that are a focus of the current debate, including the Consequence Argument, manipulation arguments, and Frankfurt's famous argument against the 'Principle of Alternate Possibilities.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Release dateOct 8, 2013
    ISBN9781137316066
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