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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn

Free Will and Determinism

Philosophers

Baron Paul Henri d'Holbach



Paul-Henri Thiry (Baron) d'Holbach
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/holbach/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
The System of Nature
(http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/holbach/index.html)

Online text of d'Holbach's The System of Nature

William James



William James
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
William James
(http://www.emory.edu/EDUCATION/mfp/james.html)

Extensive site containing numerous links to the primary and secondary source materials; maintained by Frank Pajares (Emory University)
James links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Jame)

EpistemeLink link collection
William James: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/jame.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling

Thomas Hobbes



Hobbes' Moral and Political Philosophy
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hobbes-moral/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Thomas Hobbes
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/h/hobbes.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
History of Philosophy: Hobbes
(http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/mickelsen/texts/Weber%20-%20History/hobbes.htm)

Discussion of Hobbes' life and thought by Alfred Weber (University of Strasburg)
Hobbes links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Hobb)

EpistemeLink link collection
Thomas Hobbes: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/hobb.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling

Walter Stace



Compatibilism: W. T. Stace
(http://www.siu.edu/~philos/faculty/Manfredi/intro/freedom/compatibilism.html)

Discussion by Pat Manfredi (Southern Illinois University)
W. T. Stace:
(http://tigger.cc.uic.edu/~marya/100softdet.html)

Lecture notes by Marya Schechtman (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Precis: W. T. Stace's Compatibilism
(http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~robertme/student_precis3.htm)

Student summary posted by Matt Roberts (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Mysticism and Philosophy: W. T. Stace
(http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~dcandmkw/spirit/wts%20-%20mpcon.htm)

Excerpts from Stace's book

Harry Frankfurt



Harry Frankfurt
(http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/00/q1/0228-frankfurt.htm)

Brief biography of Harry Frankfurt by Princeton University Office of Communications
Harry Frankfurt on the Necessity of Love
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctyaev/frankfurt1.pdf)

Interview with Harry Frankfurt by Alex Voorhoeve (University College, London)
Harry Frankfurt: Some Mysteries of Love
(http://ethics.sandiego.edu/video/frankfurt/contours/frankfurt%5Flecture.html)

Video of a lecture by Harry Frankfurt entitled "Some Mysteries of Love"
Love's Labor Lost:A Critical Scrutiny of Frankfurt's Concept of Love
(http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/philosophie/personen/nimtz/PDF_Love.pdf)

A critique of Frankfurt's theory of love by Christian Nimtz
On Bullshit
(http://www.jelks.nu/misc/articles/bs.html)

A theory of bullshit by Harry Frankfurt (Princeton University),

Nozick



Robert Nozick Dies at 63
(http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/01.17/99-nozick.html)

Obituary of Robert Nozick by Ken Gewertz (Harvard University Gazette)
Interview with Robert Nozick
(http://www.laissezfairebooks.com/index.cfm?eid=358)

Interview with Robert Nozick by Laissez Faire Books.
Robert Nozick Resource Page
(http://www.policylibrary.com/nozick/)

Links to works on Robert Nozick sponsored by the Policy Library
The Value of Reality: Cypher and the Experience Machine
(http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/rl_cmp/new_phil_experience.html)

Article on Nozick, the Matrix, and free will by Christopher Grau
Nozick's Libertarianism: A Qualified Defense
(http://www.libertarian.co.uk/lapubs/philn/philn032.pdf)

Article on Nozick's political philosophy by Adriana Lukasova