Humean Libertarianism(English, Electronic book text, Backmann Marius)

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Humean Libertarianism(English, Electronic book text, Backmann Marius) is written by Backmann Marius and published by De Gruyter. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3110320703 (ISBN 10) and 9783110320701 (ISBN 13).

What does it mean for an agent to be free? Is determinism true? What are laws of nature? This book deals with the interconnections between these questions. Backmann argues for the view that libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism. In order to reach this goal, libertarianism - classically defined as an incompatibilist theory of free will - is defined as the thesis that at the time of decision, the agent must be able to choose between alternative courses of action. Backmann claims that this notion of libertarianism can be reconciled with determinism provided that determinism is understood in a Humean fashion, i.e. backed by a Humean theory of laws of nature. The resulting view - Humean Libertarianism - is an intermediate position between classical compatibilism and incompatibilism.