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Written by top scholars in the field, this volume brings together the essential readings on the debate over free will and determinism. Issues covered include moral responsibility, compatibility, and the distinction between freedom of choice and freedom of will.

Free Will brings together the essential readings on the debate of free will and determinism. Written by top scholars in the field, the essays represent some of the clearest and most accessible thinking on this subject. The introduction offers a concise yet thorough mapping of this age--old debate as well as a helpful overview of the selections.

A central focus of work in epistemology over the past 25 years has been the debate between internalism and externalism. This text brings together the essays which have defined and advanced this debate. It includes work by William P. Alston, Laurence Bonjour and Earl Conee and Richard Feldman.

* Brings together ten papers which have defined and advanced the debate between internalism and externalism in epistemology. * Introduction provides historical background to help orient the reader.

This text brings together some of the most significant contemporary philosophical work on linguistic representation and understanding, providing an introduction to core questions in the philosophy of language. Topics discussed include analyticity and translational indeterminacy.

This volume collects both the major classical sources and the central contemporary expressions of deontology. In addition to Kant, classical selections from Richard Price and W.D. Ross are included. Contemporary writers represented include Robert Nozick, Thomas Nagel and Stephen Darwall.

CONSCIOUSNESSConsciousness is a thought-provoking collection of classic and contemporary philosophical literature on consciousness, bringing together influential scholarship by seminal thinkers and the work of emerging voices who reflect the diversity of the field. Editors Josh Weisberg and David Rosenthal have selected discussions that animate modern debates and connect consciousness to broader philosophical topics.Providing an expansive view of the philosophical landscape of consciousness studies, this carefully calibrated reader features classic work from the past four decades by seminal thinkers such as Thomas Nagel, David Lewis, Ned Block, Gilbert Harman, and Daniel Dennett, as well as important recent work from David Chalmers, Fiona Macperson, Joseph Levine, Kathleen Akins, and other contemporary philosophers.Divided into five parts, Consciousness explores the nature of consciousness, consciousness and knowledge, qualitative consciousness, and theories of consciousness. A final section on agency and physicalism includes work by Galen Strawson and a previously unpublished article by Myrto Mylopoulos.Philosophically challenging yet accessible to students, Consciousness is an ideal reader for many undergraduate and graduate courses on consciousness or philosophy of mind, as well as a useful supplementary text for general classes in philosophy and a valuable reference text for philosophers of mind, cognitive scientists, and psychologists.