A lively and engaging debate between four representative views on free will completely revised
and updated with new perspectives Four Views on Free Will is a robust and careful debate about
free will how it interacts with determinism and indeterminism and whether we have it or not.
Providing the most up-to-date account of four major positions in the free will debate the
second edition of this classic text presents the opposing perspectives of renowned philosophers
John Martin Fischer Robert Kane Derk Pereboom and Manuel Vargas. Substantially revised
throughout this new volume contains eight in-depth chapters almost entirely rewritten for the
new edition in which the authors state their different positions on the debate offer insights
into how their views have evolved over the past fifteen years respond to recent critical
literature in the field and interact and engage with each other in dialogue. In the first four
chapters the authors defend their distinctive views about free will: libertarianism
compatibilism hard incompatibilism and revisionism. The subsequent four chapters consist of
direct replies by each of the authors to the other three. Offering a one-of-a-kind interactive
conversation about the most recent work on the subject Four Views on Free Will Second Edition
provides a balanced and enlightening discussion on all the key concepts and conflicts in the
free will debate. Part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophy series it remains
essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students lecturers and scholars in philosophy
ethics free will philosophy of mind political philosophy law and related subjects.
