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In recent years, philosophical discussions of free will have focused largely on whether or not free will is compatible with determinism. In this challenging book, David Hodgson takes a fresh approach to the question of free will, contending that close consideration of human rationality and human consciousness shows that together they give us free will, in a robust and indeterministic sense. In particular, they give us the capacity to respond appositely to feature-rich gestalts of conscious experiences, in ways that are not wholly determined by laws of nature or computational rules. The author contends that this approach is consistent with what science tells us about the world; and he considers its implications for our responsibility for our own conduct, for the role of retribution in criminal punishment, and for the place of human beings in the wider scheme of things.Praise for David Hodgson's previous work, The Mind Matters"magisterial...It is balanced, extraordinarily thorough and scrupulously fair-minded; and it is written in clear, straightforward, accessible prose." --Michael Lockwood, Times Literary Supplement"an excellent contribution to the literature. It is well written, authoritative, and wonderfully wide-ranging. ... This account of quantum theory ... will surely be of great value. ... On the front cover of the paper edition of this book Paul Davies is quoted as saying that this is "a truly splendid and provocative book". In writing this review I have allowed myself to be provoked, but I am happy to close by giving my endorsement to this verdict in its entirety!" --Euan Squires, Journal of Consciousness Studies"well argued and extremely important book." --Sheena Meredith, New Scientist"His reconstructions and explanations are always concise and clear." --Jeffrey A Barrett, The Philosophical Review"In this large-scale and ambitious work Hodgson attacks a modern orthodoxy. Both its proponents and its opponents will find it compelling reading." --J. R. Lucas, Merton College, Oxford
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Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will
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Hardcover
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English
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Philosophy of Mind Ser.
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2012
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Textbook
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288 Pages
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9.4in
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"David Hodgson is a distinguished jurist as well as a philosopher of considerable depth and breadth. In this book he develops an innovative account of plausible reasoning which cannot be wholly accounted for in terms of algorithmic rules and an equally innovative account of consciousness, which he argues can affect reasoning and decision-making in ways that cannot be fully accounted for in terms of laws of nature. These ideas are then employed in the development of an original account of free will of an indeterministic event-causal kind; and they are applied perceptively to a wide range of other important philosophical topics, including rationality, responsibility, value, morality, law and criminal punishment. The book is written with admirable clarity and is informed by knowledge of quantum physics and contemporary neuroscience as well as of philosophy. It should be read by anyone interested in current debates about free will." --Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin, "Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will offers much to tantalize any serious student of philosophy."--Brian D. Earp, Journal of Consciousness Studies "It is a wonderful book, and I believe it explains convincingly the essential role of consciousness in the causation of thought and action. While I am also drawn to Hodgson's account of free will, there still seems to me to be a persistent mystery in the pure agency that must be at the heart of any incompatibilist account. But Hodgson has certainly shown how this element can be located in a complex system with other, traditionally causal factors. The book ends with reflections on the Big Picture of our place in the universe that is consonant with his theory of consciousness and free will. I am very happy to find in his writings the clear and convincing expression of an outlook that seems so right."--Thomas Nagel, New York University "Theorists concerned with the role of consciousness in human judgment and action production or in event-causal libertarianism will no doubt find much of interest in Hodgson's latest book."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "David Hodgson is a distinguished jurist as well as a philosopher of considerable depth and breadth. In this book he develops an innovative account of plausible reasoning which cannot be wholly accounted for in terms of algorithmic rules and an equally innovative account of consciousness, which he argues can affect reasoning and decision-making in ways that cannot be fully accounted for in terms of laws of nature. These ideas are then employed in the development of an original account of free will of an indeterministic event-causal kind; and they are applied perceptively to a wide range of other important philosophical topics, including rationality, responsibility, value, morality, law and criminal punishment. The book is written with admirable clarity and is informed by knowledge of quantum physics and contemporary neuroscience as well as of philosophy. It should be read by anyone interested in current debates about free will." --Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin "... a thoughtful and lucidly composed set of reflections on consciousness, free will, and the retributive justification of punishment, which together form a coherent and in certain respects original position of philosophical importance." --Derk Pereboom, Cornell University, "It is a wonderful book, and I believe it explains convincingly the essential role of consciousness in the causation of thought and action. While I am also drawn to Hodgson's account of free will, there still seems to me to be a persistent mystery in the pure agency that must be at the heart of any incompatibilist account. But Hodgson has certainly shown how this element can be located in a complex system with other, traditionally causal factors. The book ends with reflections on the Big Picture of our place in the universe that is consonant with his theory of consciousness and free will. I am very happy to find in his writings the clear and convincing expression of an outlook that seems so right."--Thomas Nagel, New York University "David Hodgson is a distinguished jurist as well as a philosopher of considerable depth and breadth. In this book he develops an innovative account of plausible reasoning which cannot be wholly accounted for in terms of algorithmic rules and an equally innovative account of consciousness, which he argues can affect reasoning and decision-making in ways that cannot be fully accounted for in terms of laws of nature. These ideas are then employed in the development of an original account of free will of an indeterministic event-causal kind; and they are applied perceptively to a wide range of other important philosophical topics, including rationality, responsibility, value, morality, law and criminal punishment. The book is written with admirable clarity and is informed by knowledge of quantum physics and contemporary neuroscience as well as of philosophy. It should be read by anyone interested in current debates about free will." --Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin "... a thoughtful and lucidly composed set of reflections on consciousness, free will, and the retributive justification of punishment, which together form a coherent and in certain respects original position of philosophical importance." --Derk Pereboom, Cornell University, "an excellent contribution to the literature. It is well written, authoritative, and wonderfully wide-ranging. ... This account of quantum theory ... will surely be of great value. ... On the front cover of the paper edition of this book Paul Davies is quoted as saying that this is "a trulysplendid and provocative book". In writing this review I have allowed myself to be provoked, but I am happy to close by giving my endorsement to this verdict in its entirety!" --Euan Squires, Journal of Consciousness Studies, "Hodgson is to be commended for making explicit the commitments driving his own theorising about free will. That is a policy we should all adopt more often." --Mind "Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will offers much to tantalize any serious student of philosophy."--Brian D. Earp, Journal of Consciousness Studies "It is a wonderful book, and I believe it explains convincingly the essential role of consciousness in the causation of thought and action. While I am also drawn to Hodgson's account of free will, there still seems to me to be a persistent mystery in the pure agency that must be at the heart of any incompatibilist account. But Hodgson has certainly shown how this element can be located in a complex system with other, traditionally causal factors. The book ends with reflections on the Big Picture of our place in the universe that is consonant with his theory of consciousness and free will. I am very happy to find in his writings the clear and convincing expression of an outlook that seems so right."--Thomas Nagel, New York University "Theorists concerned with the role of consciousness in human judgment and action production or in event-causal libertarianism will no doubt find much of interest in Hodgson's latest book."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "David Hodgson is a distinguished jurist as well as a philosopher of considerable depth and breadth. In this book he develops an innovative account of plausible reasoning which cannot be wholly accounted for in terms of algorithmic rules and an equally innovative account of consciousness, which he argues can affect reasoning and decision-making in ways that cannot be fully accounted for in terms of laws of nature. These ideas are then employed in the development of an original account of free will of an indeterministic event-causal kind; and they are applied perceptively to a wide range of other important philosophical topics, including rationality, responsibility, value, morality, law and criminal punishment. The book is written with admirable clarity and is informed by knowledge of quantum physics and contemporary neuroscience as well as of philosophy. It should be read by anyone interested in current debates about free will." --Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin "... a thoughtful and lucidly composed set of reflections on consciousness, free will, and the retributive justification of punishment, which together form a coherent and in certain respects original position of philosophical importance." --Derk Pereboom, Cornell University, Praise for David Hodgson's previous work, The Mind Matters "magisterial...It is balanced, extraordinarily thorough and scrupulously fair-minded; and it is written in clear, straightforward, accessible prose." --Michael Lockwood, Times Literary Supplement, "well argued and extremely important book." --Sheena Meredith, New Scientist "His reconstructions and explanations are always concise and clear." --Jeffrey A Barrett, The Philosophical Review "In this large-scale and ambitious work Hodgson attacks a modern orthodoxy. Both its proponents and its opponents will find it compelling reading." --J. R. Lucas, Merton College, Oxford, "Hodgson is to be commended for making explicit the commitments driving his own theorising about free will. That is a policy we should all adopt more often." --Mind"Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will offers much to tantalize any serious student of philosophy."--Brian D. Earp, Journal of Consciousness Studies"It is a wonderful book, and I believe it explains convincingly the essential role of consciousness in the causation of thought and action. While I am also drawn to Hodgson's account of free will, there still seems to me to be a persistent mystery in the pure agency that must be at the heart of any incompatibilist account. But Hodgson has certainly shown how this element can be located in a complex system with other, traditionally causal factors. The book endswith reflections on the Big Picture of our place in the universe that is consonant with his theory of consciousness and free will. I am very happy to find in his writings the clear and convincingexpression of an outlook that seems so right."--Thomas Nagel, New York University"Theorists concerned with the role of consciousness in human judgment and action production or in event-causal libertarianism will no doubt find much of interest in Hodgson's latest book."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"David Hodgson is a distinguished jurist as well as a philosopher of considerable depth and breadth. In this book he develops an innovative account of plausible reasoning which cannot be wholly accounted for in terms of algorithmic rules and an equally innovative account of consciousness, which he argues can affect reasoning and decision-making in ways that cannot be fully accounted for in terms of laws of nature. These ideas are then employed in thedevelopment of an original account of free will of an indeterministic event-causal kind; and they are applied perceptively to a wide range of other important philosophical topics, including rationality,responsibility, value, morality, law and criminal punishment. The book is written with admirable clarity and is informed by knowledge of quantum physics and contemporary neuroscience as well as of philosophy. It should be read by anyone interested in current debates about free will." --Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin"... a thoughtful and lucidly composed set of reflections on consciousness, free will, and the retributive justification of punishment, which together form a coherent and in certain respects original position of philosophical importance." --Derk Pereboom, Cornell University, "Hodgson is to be commended for making explicit the commitments driving his own theorising about free will. That is a policy we should all adopt more often." --Mind "Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will offers much to tantalize any serious student of philosophy."--Brian D. Earp, Journal of Consciousness Studies"It is a wonderful book, and I believe it explains convincingly the essential role of consciousness in the causation of thought and action. While I am also drawn to Hodgson's account of free will, there still seems to me to be a persistent mystery in the pure agency that must be at the heart of any incompatibilist account. But Hodgson has certainly shown how this element can be located in a complex system with other, traditionally causal factors. The book ends with reflections on the Big Picture of our place in the universe that is consonant with his theory of consciousness and free will. I am very happy to find in his writings the clear and convincing expression of an outlook that seems so right."--Thomas Nagel, New York University"Theorists concerned with the role of consciousness in human judgment and action production or in event-causal libertarianism will no doubt find much of interest in Hodgson's latest book."--Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"David Hodgson is a distinguished jurist as well as a philosopher of considerable depth and breadth. In this book he develops an innovative account of plausible reasoning which cannot be wholly accounted for in terms of algorithmic rules and an equally innovative account of consciousness, which he argues can affect reasoning and decision-making in ways that cannot be fully accounted for in terms of laws of nature. These ideas are then employed in the development of an original account of free will of an indeterministic event-causal kind; and they are applied perceptively to a wide range of other important philosophical topics, including rationality, responsibility, value, morality, law and criminal punishment. The book is written with admirable clarity and is informed by knowledge of quantum physics and contemporary neuroscience as well as of philosophy. It should be read by anyone interested in current debates about free will." --Robert Kane, University of Texas at Austin"... a thoughtful and lucidly composed set of reflections on consciousness, free will, and the retributive justification of punishment, which together form a coherent and in certain respects original position of philosophical importance." --Derk Pereboom, Cornell University
Table of Content
INTRODUCTION The problem of free will and responsibility Compatibilism Haldane's argument How I will proceed 1. FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS Can I be certain that I exist? The need for language Experiences and the external world Foundational beliefs 2. TRUTH AND RATIONALITY Truth Relativity of truth? Rationality Fallacies and biases Stich's argument A legal example Core assertions about truth and rationality 3. PLAUSIBLE REASONING Formal and informal reasoning Induction Bayes' theorem Illustration of Bayes' theorem Levels of cognitive processes Core assertions about plausible reasoning 4. CONSCIOUSNESS AND DECISION-MAKING Dual aspects Characteristic features of conscious experiences Subjectivity Qualia and unity Neural correlates of consciousness The efficacy of conscious experiences Three questions Rule-determined processes do not need consciousness Core assertions about consciousness and decision-making 5. GESTALTS AND RULES The argument outlined Laws and rules The Game of Life and computation Tricks of consciousness Some further thoughts Core assertions about gestalts and rules 6. HOW GESTALTS PROMOTE RATIONALITY Evolutionary origins Aesthetic judgments Plausible reasoning Conclusion Core assertions about how gestalts promote rationality 7. SCIENCE AND DETERMINISM A lawful universe Quantum mechanics The free will theorem Explanation of the theorem Implications Time and the block universe Core assertions about science and determinism 8. NEUROSCIENCE AND CONSCIOUS CHOICE Science and the brain A general picture The Cartesian theatre The scale and nature of quantum effects Libet, Gazzaniga and Wegner Core assertions about neuroscience and conscious choice 9. INDETERMINISTIC FREE WILL Will and responsibility Comparison with Kane Agent-causation Compatibilism Assessment of compatibilism Does luck swallow everything? More about luck Core assertions about indeterministic free will 10. VALUE JUDGMENTS A different philosophical approach Natural imperatives Absolute imperatives Prima facie imperatives No reasonable irreconcilable differences Why be moral? Good, evil and beauty Community practices and laws Legal systems Capacity for reasonable value judgments Core assertions about value judgments 11. RESPONSIBILITY AND RETRIBUTION Responses to wrong conduct Overview Australian criminal law Retribution as a restriction on State compulsion Why retribution should be maintained Philosophical bases for retribution The future of retribution Core assertions about responsibility and retribution 12. THE BIG PICTURE The scientific account An experienced universe Constraint, empowerment and guidance Religious belief: a subject for rational enquiry A value-embedded universe Where do we come from? Where are we going? Can more specific beliefs be supported? Potential for evil and good Core assertions about the big picture APPENDIX A WHY BAYES' THEOREM WORKS APPENDIX B AGAINST FUNDAMENTALISM: BIBLICAL MORALITY Abraham and Isaac The Passover The Promised Land The New Testament REFERENCES, IntroductionThe problem of free will and responsibilityCompatibilismHaldane's argumentHow I will proceed1. Foundational BeliefsCan I be certain that I exist?The need for languageExperiences and the external worldFoundational beliefs2. Truth and RationalityTruthRelativity of truth?RationalityFallacies and biasesStich's argumentA legal exampleCore assertions about truth and rationality3. Plausible ReasoningFormal and informal reasoningInductionBayes' theoremIllustration of Bayes' theoremLevels of cognitive processesCore assertions about plausible reasoning4. Consciousness and Decision-makingDual aspectsCharacteristic features of conscious experiencesSubjectivityQualia and unityNeural correlates of consciousnessThe efficacy of conscious experiencesThree questionsRule-determined processes do not need consciousnessCore assertions about consciousness and decision-making5. Gestalts and RulesThe argument outlinedLaws and rulesThe Game of Life and computationTricks of consciousnessSome further thoughtsCore assertions about gestalts and rules6. How Gestalts Promote RationalityEvolutionary originsAesthetic judgmentsPlausible reasoningConclusionCore assertions about how gestalts promote rationality7. Science and DeterminismA lawful universeQuantum mechanicsThe free will theoremExplanation of the theoremImplicationsTime and the block universeCore assertions about science and determinism8. Neuroscience and Conscious ChoiceScience and the brainA general pictureThe Cartesian theatreThe scale and nature of quantum effectsLibet, Gazzaniga and WegnerCore assertions about neuroscience and conscious choice9. Indeterministic Free WillWill and responsibilityComparison with KaneAgent-causationCompatibilismAssessment of compatibilismDoes luck swallow everything?More about luckCore assertions about indeterministic free will10. Value JudgmentsA different philosophical approachNatural imperativesAbsolute imperativesPrima facie imperativesNo reasonable irreconcilable differencesWhy be moral?Good, evil and beautyCommunity practices and lawsLegal systemsCapacity for reasonable value judgmentsCore assertions about value judgments11. Responsibility and RetributionResponses to wrong conductOverviewAustralian criminal lawRetribution as a restriction on State compulsionWhy retribution should be maintainedPhilosophical bases for retributionThe future of retributionCore assertions about responsibility and retribution12. The Big PictureThe scientific accountAn experienced universeConstraint, empowerment and guidanceReligious belief: a subject for rational enquiryA value-embedded universeWhere do we come from?Where are we going?Can more specific beliefs be supported?Potential for evil and goodCore assertions about the big pictureAppendix A: Why Bayes' Theorem WorksAppendix B: Against Fundamentalism: Biblical MoralityAbraham and IsaacThe PassoverThe Promised LandThe New TestamentReferences
Copyright Date
2011
Topic
Mind & Body, Free Will & Determinism, General
Lccn
2011-009507
Dewey Decimal
123/.5
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Psychology, Philosophy
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