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Freedom and nature : the voluntary and the involuntary / Paul Ricoeur ; translated from the French and with an introduction by Erazim V. Kohák ; foreword to the new edition by Don Ihde.

Title
Freedom and nature : the voluntary and the involuntary / Paul Ricoeur ; translated from the French and with an introduction by Erazim V. Kohák ; foreword to the new edition by Don Ihde.
Author
Ricœur, Paul
Publication
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Ihde, Don, 1934-
  • Kohák, Erazim V.
Description
xlii, 498 p.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Northwestern University studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy
Uniform Title
  • Northwestern University studies in phenomenology & existential philosophy.
  • Volontaire et l'involontaire. English
Alternative Title
Volontaire et l'involontaire.
Subject
Free will and determinism
Note
  • "Published ... 1966 by Northwestern University Press. Originally published in French under the title Le Volontaire et l'involontaire, copyright (c) 1950 by Aubier Editions Montaigne"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-494) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
General introduction: Question of method -- Pure description of deciding -- Motivation and the corporeal involuntary -- History of decision : from hesitation to choice -- Pure description of acting and moving -- Bodily spontaneity -- Moving and effort -- The problems of consent -- Experienced necessity -- The way of consent -- Conclusion: An only human freedom.
ISBN
  • 9780810123984 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0810123983 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2007032973