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This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Free Will is intended to be a sourcebook and guide to current work on free will and related subjects. Its focus is on writings of the past forty years, in which there has been a resurgence of interest in traditional issues about the freedom of the will in the light of new developments in the sciences, philosophy and humanistic studies. Special attention is given to research on free will of the first decade of the twenty-first century since the publication of the first edition of the Handbook. All the essays have been newly written or rewritten for this volume. In addition, there are new essayists and essays surveying topics that have become prominent in debates about free will in the past decade, including new work on the relation of free will to physics, the neurosciences, cognitive science, psychology and empirical philosophy, new versions of traditional views (compatibilist, incompatibilist, libertarian, etc.) and new views (e.g., revisionism) that have emerged. The twenty-eight essays by prominent international scholars and younger scholars cover a host of free will related issues, such as moral agency and responsibility, accountability and blameworthiness in ethics, autonomy, coercion and control in social theory, criminal liability, responsibility and punishment in legal theory, issues about the relation of mind to body, consciousness and the nature of action in philosophy of mind and the cognitive and neurosciences, questions about divine foreknowledge, providence and human freedom in philosophy of religion, and general metaphysical questions about necessity and possibility, determinism, time and chance, quantum reality, causation and explanation. A Guide To Current Work On Free Will And Related Subjects, The Focus Is On Writings Of The Past 40 Years, In Which There Has Been A Resurgence Of Interest In Traditional Issues About The Freedom Of The Will In The Light Of New Developments In The Sciences, Philosophy And Humanistic Studies. Introduction: The Contours Of Contemporary Free Will Debates / Robert Kane -- Divine Knowledge And Human Freedom / William Hasker -- Quantum Physics, Consciousness, And Free Will / David Hodgson -- Chaos, Indeterminism, And Free Will / Robert C. Bishop -- The Causal Closure Of Physics And Free Will / Robert C. Bishop, Harald Atmanspacher -- The Consequence Argument Revisited / Daniel Speak -- A Compatibilist Reply To The Consequence Argument / Tomis Kapitan -- Compatibilism Without Frankfurt : Dispositional Analyses Of Free Will / Bernard Berofsky -- Contemporary Compatibilism : Mesh Theories And Reasons-responsive Theories / Michael Mckenna -- Moral Sense And The Foundations Of Responsibility / Paul Russell -- Who's Still Afraid Of Determinism? : Rethinking Causes And Possibilities / Christopher Taylor, Daniel Dennett -- Frankfurt-type Examples And Semi-compatibilism : New Work / John Martin Fischer -- Frankfurt-friendly Libertarianism / David Wideker -- Obligation, Reason, And Frankfurt Examples / Ishtiyaque Haji. Agent-causal Theories Of Freedom / Timothy O'connor -- Alternatives For Libertarians / Randolph Clarke -- Freedom And Action Without Causation : Noncausal Theories Of Freedom And Purposive Agency / Thomas Pink -- Free Will Is Not A Mystery / Laura W. Ekstrom -- Rethinking Free Will: New Perspectives On An Ancient Problem / Robert Kane -- Free-will Skepticism And Meaning In Life / Derk Pereboom -- Free Will, Fundamental Dualism, And The Centrality Of Illusion / Saul Smilansky -- Effects, Determinism, Neither Compatibilism Nor Incompatibilism, Consciousness / Ted Honderich -- Revisionist Accounts Of Free Will : Origins, Varieties, And Challenges / Manuel Vargas -- A Promising Argument / Peter Van Inwagen -- Rollbacks, Endorsements, And Indeterminism / Michael Almeida, Mark Bernstein -- Free Will And Science / Alfred R. Mele -- Contributions Of Neuroscience To The Free Will Debate / Henrik Walter -- Free Will And The Bounds Of The Self / Joshua Knaube, Shaun Nichols -- Intuitions About Free Will, Determinism, And Bypassing / Eddy Nahmias. Edited By Robert Kane. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Introduction: The contours of contemporary free will debates / Robert Kane Divine knowledge and human freedom / William Hasker Quantum physics, consciousness, and free will / David Hodgson Chaos, indeterminism, and free will / Robert C. Bishop The causal closure of physics and free will / Robert C. Bishop, Harald Atmanspacher The consequence argument revisited / Daniel Speak A compatibilist reply to the consequence argument / Tomis Kapitan Compatibilism without Franfurt : dispositional analyses of free will / Bernard Berofsky Contemporary compatibilism : mesh theories and reasons-responsive theories / Michael McKenna Moral sense and the foundation of responsibility / Paul Russell Who's still afraid of determinism? : rethinking causes and possibilities / Christopher Taylor, Daniel Dennett Frankfurt-type examples and semi-compatibilism : new work / John Martin Fischer Frankfurt-friendly Libertarianism / David Wideker Obligation, reason, and Frankfurt examples / Ishtiyaque Haji None Agent-causal theories of freedom / Timothy O'Connor Alternatives for Libertarians / Randolph Clarke Freedom and action without causation : noncausal theories of freedom and purposive agency / Thomas Pink Free will is not a mystery / Laura W. Ekstrom Rethinking free will labyrinth / Robert Kane Free-will skepticism and meaning in life / Derk Pereboom Free will, fundamental dualism, and the centrality of illusion / Saul Smilansky Effects, determinism, neither compatibilism nor incompatibilism, consciousness / Ted Honderich Revisionist accounts of free will : origins, varieties, and challenges / Manuel Vargas A promising argument / Peter van Inwagen Rollbacks, endorsements, and indeterminism / Michael Almeida, Mark Bernstein Free will and science / Alfred R. Mele Contributions of neuroscience to the free will debate / Henrik Walter Free will and the bounds of the self / Joshua Knaube, Shaun Nichols Intuitions about free will, determinism, and bypassing / Eddy Nahmias. 1. Introduction: The Contours of Contemporary Free-Will Debates (Part 2)......Page 11 2. Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom......Page 52 3. Quantum Physics, Consciousness, and Free Will......Page 72 4. Chaos, Indeterminism and Free Will......Page 107 5. The Causal Closure of Physics......Page 128 6. The Consequence Argument Revisited......Page 142 7. A Compatibilist Reply to the Consequence Argument......Page 162 8. Compatibilism Without Frankfurt: Dispositional Analyses of Free Will......Page 187 9. Contemporary Compatibilism: Mesh Theories and Reasons-Responsive Theories......Page 215 10. Moral Sense and the Foundations of Responsibility......Page 246 11. Whose Still Afraid of Determinism? Rethinking Causes and Possibilities......Page 273 12. Frankfurt-type Examples and Semi-Compatibilism......Page 298 13. Frankfurt-friendly Libertarianism......Page 327 14. Obligation, Reason and Frankfurt Examples......Page 357 15. Agent-Causal Theories of Freedom......Page 380 16. Alternatives for Liberarians......Page 405 17. Freedom and Action Without Causation: Noncausal Theories of Freedom and Purposive Agency......Page 430 18. Free Will is Not a Mystery......Page 452 19. Rethinking Free Will: New Perspectives on an Ancient Problem......Page 471 20. Free Will Skepticism and Meaning in Life......Page 502 21. Free Will, Fundamental Dualism and the Centrality of Illusion......Page 525 22. Effects, Determinism, Neither Compatibilism Nor Incompatibilism, Consciousness......Page 546 23. Revisionist Accounts of Free Will: Origins, Varieties and Challenges......Page 565 24. A Promising Argument......Page 588 25. Rollbacks, Endorsement and Indeterminism......Page 602 26. Free Will and Science......Page 618 27. Contributions of Neuroscience to the Free Will Debate......Page 638 28. Free Will and the Bounds of the Self......Page 656 29. Intuitions about Free Will, Determinism and Bypassing......Page 688 References......Page 715 Index......Page 915 ## Abstract This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Free Will is a sourcebook and guide to current work on free will and related subjects. Its focus is on writings of the past forty years, in which there has been a resurgence of interest in traditional issues about the freedom of the will in the light of new developments in the sciences, philosophy, and humanistic studies. Special attention is given to research on free will of the first decade of the twenty-first century since the publication of the first edition of the text. This edition contains new articles surveying topics that have become prominent in debates about free will recently, including new work on the relation of free will to physics, the neurosciences, cognitive science, psychology, and empirical philosophy, new versions of traditional views (compatibilist, incompatibilist, libertarian, etc.) and new views (e.g., revisionism) that have emerged. The twenty-eight articles cover a host of free-will related issues, such as moral agency and responsibility, accountability and blameworthiness in ethics, autonomy, coercion and control in social theory, criminal liability, responsibility and punishment in legal theory, issues about the relation of mind to body, consciousness and the nature of action in philosophy of mind and the cognitive and neurosciences, questions about divine foreknowledge, providence and human freedom in philosophy of religion, and general metaphysical questions about necessity and possibility, determinism, time and chance, quantum reality, and causation and explanation.