Author: John Martin Fischer File Type: pdf Focusing on the concepts and interactions of free will, moral responsibility, and determinism, this text represents the most up-to-date account of the four major positions in the free will debate. ullFour serious and well-known philosophers explore the opposing viewpoints of libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism, and revisionism llThe first half of the book contains each philosophers explanation of his particular view the second half allows them to directly respond to each others arguments, in a lively and engaging conversation llOffers the reader a one of a kind, interactive discussion llForms part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophy serieslulReview?This book presents four recent positions on free will in a clear and accessible way, along with their authors responses to each others position.? ( Metaphilosophy , January 2009)There is no better introduction to the debate available. This is a book that will be read with profit by anyone who opens it, specialist or newcomer. Neil Levy, Metapsychology Online ReviewsFour Views on Free Will is an excellent introduction to the current debate regarding one of the most seductive of the perennial topics in philosophy. It is an especially welcome addition to Blackwells Great Debates in Philosophy series. The goal is the presentation of a considerably more dialogical and engaging introduction to the main issues in an important domain of philosophical inquiry than can typically be achieved in a standard monograph. Four Views succeeds admirably in achieving this worthwhile goal. Daniel Speak, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsThis gem of a book provides a wonderfully accessible introduction to the free will debate by leading proponents of four major views, as well as a front row seat to a dynamic, up-to-the minute philosophical conversation. Dana Nelkin, University of California at San DiegoThis four-way debate is a fine addition to the Great Debates in Philosophy series. Four Views on Free Will is ideal for advanced undergraduate courses on free will.Alfred R. Mele, Florida State University?The four main essays are clearly written and argued, and the shorter articles are very useful as illustrations of how philosophers debate. Highly recommended.?Choice ReviewsReviewThere is no better introduction to the debate available. This is a book that will be read with profit by anyone who opens it, specialist or newcomer.Neil Levy, Metapsychology Online ReviewsFour Views on Free Will is an excellent introduction to the current debate regarding one of the most seductive of the perennial topics in philosophy. It is an especially welcome addition to Blackwells Great Debates in Philosophy series. The goal is the presentation of a considerably more dialogical and engaging introduction to the main issues in an important domain of philosophical inquiry than can typically be achieved in a standard monograph. Four Views succeeds admirably in achieving this worthwhile goal.Daniel Speak, NotreDame Philosophical ReviewsThis gem of a book provides a wonderfully accessible introduction to the free will debate by leading proponents of four major views, as well as a front row seat to a dynamic, up-to-the minute philosophical conversation.Dana Nelkin, University of California at San DiegoThis four-way debate is a fine addition to the Great Debates in Philosophy series. Four Views on Free Will is ideal for advanced undergraduate courses on free will.Alfred R. Mele, Florida State University

Author: Asbjorn Gronstad File Type: pdf In many senses, viewers have cut their teeth on the violence in American cinema from AnthonyPerkins slashingJanet Leigh in our most infamous of shower scenes to the 1970s masterpieces of Martin Scorsese, Sam Peckinpah, and Francis Ford Coppola to our present-day undertakings in imagining global annihilations through terrorism, war, and alien grudges. Transfigurations brings our cultural obsession with film violence into a renewed dialogue with contemporary theory, challenging the orthodoxies of previous research on film violence and contributing a fresh perspective to how we might reconceptualize fictional forms of this particular kind of aggressive cinema. Asbjorn Gronstad argues that the use of violence in Hollywood films should be understood semiotically rather than viewed realistically Tranfigurations thus alters both our methodology of reading violence in films and the meanings we assign to them, depicting violence not as a self-contained incident, but a convoluted network of our own cultural ideologies and beliefs. About the AuthorAsbjrn Grnstad is professor of visual culture at the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Author: Cassius Dio Cocceianus File Type: pdf Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), ca. 150 235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. He was made governor of Pergamum and Smyrna consul in 220 proconsul of Africa governor of Dalmatia and then of Pannonia and consul again in 229.Of the eighty books of Dios great work Roman History, covering the era from the legendary landing of Aeneas in Italy to the reign of Alexander Severus (222235 CE), we possess Books 3660 (36 and 5560 have gaps), which cover the years 68 BCE47 CE. The missing portions are partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by Zonaras, who relies closely on Dio, and for some later gaps (Book 35 onwards) by John Xiphilinus (of the eleventh century). There are also many excerpts. The facilities for research afforded by Dios official duties and his own industry make him a very vital source for Roman history of the last years of the republic and the first four emperors.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio Cassius is in nine volumes.

Author: Debbie Bliss File Type: pdf