2006-12-05 06:10:30 · 5 answers · asked by Xo 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Some of the newer books on cognitive science offer scientific explanations of the limits of thought and will....
2006-12-05 17:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. Switch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am unsure of specific books, however I thought I would try to shed some light on the theory of free will. A simplistic definition of determinism is the theory that actions are preordained. This theory is opposition to indeterminism. Compatabilists believe that it is possible to have freewill inspite of fated outcomes. Where as incompatabilists do not. If you want more info check out this site, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will , it has a list of philosophers and you will be able to find books they have read.
2006-12-05 14:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by jessegwild 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Thomas Hardy and George Eliot kept writing them. Fundamentalists would feel right at home in the world of those old books.
Albert Camus had a different angle on that theme.
So did Adolf Hitler, when he wrote Mein Kampf.
Then you had Aleister Crowley, who was a great man for free will. Had to be his will, though, but beggars can't be choosers, eh?
2006-12-05 21:17:57 · answer #3 · answered by WomanWhoReads 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
open season
2006-12-11 18:40:28 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin Wu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible, the talmud, the coran...
2006-12-05 14:18:16 · answer #5 · answered by morganna_f 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋