The Philosophical Journey, 2/e

William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ultimate Reality

Overview: Freedom and Determinism

Topical Links

John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill (http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/m/milljs.htm) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



John Stuart Mill (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article



Mill's System of Logic (http://www.bartleby.com/224/0108.html) The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Entry on the text in which Mill speaks of the doctrine of physical necessity.



Mill links (http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Mill) EpistemeLink link collection For information on Mill's ethics see the links for Chapter 5.3.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhaylovich (http://encarta.msn.com/index/conciseindex/09/00965000.htm?z=1&pg=2&br=1) Encarta article



Fyodor Dostoyevsky (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fdosto.htm) Biography by Petri Liukkonen (Pegasos)



The Realm of Existentialism: Fyodor Dostoyevsky (http://members.aol.com/KatharenaE/private/Philo/Dostoy/dostoy.html) Biography, quotations, and links to general information on existentialismBy Katharena Eiermann.



Lesson 8: Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground (http://www1.umn.edu/lol-russ/hpgary/Russ3421/lesson8.htm) Brief biography and more extended discussion of Dostoyevsky's work By Gary Jahn (University of Minnesota).



Notes on Notes from Underground (http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/introser/dostoevsky.htm) Lecture by Ian Johnston (Malaspina University College)



Study guide for Dostoyevsky: Notes from Underground (http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/hum_303/underground.html) Reflection QuestionsSet of questions to reflect on in order to get more out of reading the story; written by Paul Brians (Washington State University).

The free will debate (overviews)
Conflicting Positions on Free Will (http://www.sandiego.edu/~janderso/free2.html) Chart comparing determinism, compatibilism, and libertarianism By Jim Anderson (University of San Diego).



The Problem of Freedom (http://www.siu.edu/~philos/faculty/Manfredi/intro/freedom/freedom.html) Introductory discussion by Pat Manfredi (Southern Illinois University)



Free Will vs. Determinism (http://www.sandiego.edu/~janderso/freewill.html) Brief summary of arguments for determinism, compatibilism, and libertarianismBy Jim Anderson (University of San Diego).



Free Will and Determinism (http://www.trinity.edu/cbrown/intro/free_will.html) Overview notes by Curtis Brown (Trinity University)



Determinism and Freewill (http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/determinismandfreewill.htm) Discussion from Faithnet

The free will debate (more detailed treatment)
The Determinism and Freedom Philosophy Website (http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/dfwIntroIndex.htm) Extensive collection of classical and contemporary writings (with abstracts)Edited by Ted Honderich (University College London); very useful site.



Lecture Notes on Free Will and Determinism (http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/swartz/freewill1.htm) Detailed notes by Norman Swartz (Simon Fraser University)



Free Will and Genetic Determinism: Locating the Problem(s) (http://www.inform.umd.edu/ARHU/Depts/Philosophy/Faculty/PGreenspan/Res/gen2.html) Article by P. S. Greenspan (University of Maryland)



Free Will and Determinism (http://www.hazlitt.org/e-texts/morality/ch27.html) Chapter from Henry Hazlitt's The Foundations of Morality, 1964



Free Will (http://world.std.com/~twc/freewill.htm) Collection of links by Tom Clark (Naturalism.org)



Recent writing on the self and free will (http://world.std.com/~twc/resource.htm#Writings) Summaries by Tom Clark (Naturalism.org) Summarizes various recent books both for and against the existence of free will.

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