Great Ideas in Psychology: Suggested Readings Modified: Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Determinism and free will

Determinism and free will: Is one idea better than another? Do we need both? Are they reconcilable?

Suggested Readings and Resources

Berofsky, B. (2003). Free will and determinism. In Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

Wegner, D. (in press). Précis of: The Illusion of Conscious Will. Bradford Books/MIT Press, 2002. [summary of a book].

Young, George Paxton. (1911). The ethics of freedom: Notes selected, translated, and arranged by his pupil James Gibson Hume. Toronto: University Press.

Barnes, B. (2002). Genes, agents and the institution of responsible action. New Genetics and Society, 21, 291-302.

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Clark, T. W. (2005). Causality, victimhood, and empowerment: Holding addicts accountable. DATA: The Brown University Digest of Addiction Theory and Application, 24(2), 8.

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Dennett, D. (2003, May 24). Free will, but not as we know it. New Scientist, 178(2396), 39-40.

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Morson, G. S. (2005, May). Sideshadows:  The determinism of free will. New Criterion, 23(9), 17-25.

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Pauen, M. (2004, January). Does free will arise freely? Scientific American, 14(1), 40-47.

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Slater, L., & Wohlforth, C. (2004, April 9). Conditioning vs. free will: Strip malls in the landscape of scientific understanding. Chronicle of Higher Education, 50(31), B2.

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Tait, G. (2003). Free will, moral responsibility, and ADHD. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 7, 429-446.

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