I: Introduction: Necessary Connections and Three Hypotheses: Necessary Connections; Psychoneural Nomic Correlation; The Causation of Psychoneural Pairs; The Causation of Actions. II: The Truth of Theory: Neuroscience and Quantum Theory; Prediction and Knowledge.
'The problem first of clarifying and then of answering the question
how far human thoughts and actions are subject to causality and
whether this is consistent with their being free is one to which
many different approaches have been made throughout the history of
philosophy. I doubt if any of them has been the product of such
intense research as Professor Honderich has devoted to the
construction, the defence and the evaluation of his theory of
determinism
... I think that his readiness to accept even the most startling
implications of his views, the patience he displays in examining
alternatives to them, his assiduity in setting out and trying to
meet a
wide range of objections are all highly creditable.'
A.J. Ayer, London Review of Books
'truly encyclopedic contribution to the controversy surrounding
determinism ... his book is indispensable to anyone who is eager to
become clear about the present power of determinism.'
Ingmar Persson, Lund University, Theoria
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