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Essays on Themes from Harry Frankfurt

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Essays on Themes from Harry Frankfurt

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Congresses, Agent (Philosophy), Act (Philosophy), Action (Philosophie), Congrès, PHILOSOPHY, History & Surveys, Modern, Filosofische aspecten, Vrije wil, Verantwoordelijkheid, Handelen, Philosophy & Religion

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Harry G. Frankfurt (1929-)
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2002, MIT Press
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2002, MIT Press
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First Sentence

"In a recent paper Harry Frankfurt describes human beings as "generally hard to pin down, difficult to sort out, and just about impossible to sum up." He might have been describing his own work."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. vii
Contributors. ix
Introduction. xi
1. Frankfurt-Style Compatibilism
Page 1
John Martin Fischer
Reply to John Martin Fischer. 27
Harry Frankfurt
2. Control and Causal Determinism
Page 33
Eleonore Stump
Reply to Eleonore Stump. 61
Harry Frankfurt
3. Hierarchy, Circularity, and Double Reduction
Page 65
Michael E. Bratman
Reply to Michael E. Bratman. 86
Harry Frankfurt
4. Identification and Identity
Page 91
J. David Vellemana
Reply to J. David Velleman 124
Harry Frankfurt
5. Volitional Necessities
Page 129
Gary Watson
Reply to Gary Watson. 160
Harry Frankfurt
6. Reasons and Passions
Page 165
T. M. Scanlon
Reply to T. M. Scanlon. 184
Harry Frankfurt
7. Frankfurt on Identification: Ambiguities of Activity in Mental Life
Page 189
Richard Moran
Reply to Richard Moran. 218
Harry Frankfurt
8. The True, the Good, and the Lovable: Frankfurt’s Avoidance of Objectivity
Page 227
Susan Wolf
Reply to Susan Wolf. 245
Harry Frankfurt
9. Bootstrapping
Page 253
Barbara Herman
Reply to Barbara Herman. 275
Harry Frankfurt
10. Love’s Authority
Page 279
Jonathan Lear
Reply to Jonathan Lear. 293
Harry Frankfurt
11. On Frankfurt’s Explanation of Respect for People
Page 299
Joseph Raz
Reply to Joseph Raz. 316
Harry Frankfurt
12. Deeper into Bullshit
Page 321
G. A. Cohen
Reply to G. A. Cohen. 340
Harry Frankfurt
Bibliography of Harry Frankfurt’s Work. 345
References. 349
Index. 357

Edition Notes

"A Bradford book".

Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-356) and index.

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Cambridge, Mass
Genre
Congresses.
Copyright Date
2002

Classifications

Library of Congress
B105.A35 C665 2002, B105.A35C665 2001, B105.A35 C665 2002eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 361 p. ;
Number of pages
361

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OL15513613M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0262025132
LCCN
2001044505
OCLC/WorldCat
47797959, 51960352
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315681
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OL18496102W

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