John Martin Fischer

Freedom, Fatalism, and Foreknowledge John Martin Fischer

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Biographical Note: John Martin Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, where he has held a University of California President's Chair (2006-10). He was President of the American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division (2013-4). He is Project Leader of The Immortality Project (2011-14), sponsored by The John Templeton Foundation. Patrick Todd is a new faculty member (as Chancellor's Fellow) at the University of Edinburgh, where he began in October 2013. Previously he was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Innsbruck and the Munich School of Philosophy. Before that, he completed his PhD in philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, in December 2011. Table of Contents: I. Preface II. Introduction Patrick Todd and John Martin Fischer III. The arguments for fatalism Richard Taylor, "Fate"Peter Van Inwagen, "Fatalism"Trenton Merricks, "Truth and Freedom"John Martin Fischer and Patrick Todd, "The Truth about Freedom: A Reply to Merricks"Penelope Mackie, "Fatalism, Incompatibilism, and the Power to Do Otherwise"Michael Rea, "Presentism and Fatalism"John Perry, "Compatibilist Options" IV. The problem of foreknowledge Linda Zagzebski, "Omniscience and the Arrow of Time" David Widerker, "Troubles With Ockhamism"Alicia Finch and Michael Rea, "Presentism and Ockham's Way Out"Patrick Todd, "Geachianism" David Hunt, "On Augustine's Way Out" V. The logic of future contingents Charles Hartshorne, "The Meaning of 'Is Going to Be"A. N. Prior, "It Was to Be." John MacFarlane, "Future Contingents and Relative Truth" Sven Rosenkranz, "In Defence of Ockhamism" VI. Bibliography (compiled by Patrick Todd) Index

Contributor Bio:  Fischer, John Martin John Martin Fischer is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, where he is a holder of a UC President's Chair. He is the author of "The Metaphysics of Free Will: An Essay on Control" (Blackwell 1994); "Responsibility and Control: A Theory of Moral Responsibility" (with Mark Ravizza, 1998); and "My Way: Essays on Moral Responsibility" (2006). He has written extensively on free will, moral responsibility, the metaphysics of death, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. Robert Kane is University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the The University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of "Free Will and Values" (1985), "Through the Moral Maze" (1994), "The Significance of Free Will" (1996), "A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will" (2005) and editor of "The Oxford Handbook of Free Will" (2002) and a collection of readings, "Free Will" (Blackwell, 2002). He is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Teachers at the University of Texas at Austin. Derk Pereboom is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont, where he has been since 1985. He will join the Sage School of Philosophy at Cornell University in 2007. His book, "Living Without Free Will" (Cambridge University Press) appeared in 2001, and he has published articles on free will, philosophy of mind, history of modern philosophy, and philosophy of religion. Manuel Vargas is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco. He has published articles on a range of topics, including free will and moral responsibility, practical reason, evil, and Latin American philosophy.