Freedom and the Self : Essays on the Philosophy of David Foster Wallace / edited by Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert.

By:

Cahn, Steven M

Contributor(s):

Eckert, Maureen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (193 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780231539166
0231539169

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Freedom and the Self : Essays on the Philosophy of David Foster Wallace.DDC classification:

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BJ1461 .C34 2015eb

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Contents:

David Foster Wallace and the fallacies of "fatalism" / William Hasker -- Wallace, free choice, and fatalism / Gila Sher -- Fatalism and the metaphysics of contingency / M. Oreste Fiocco -- Fatalism, time travel, and system J / Maureen Eckert -- David Foster Wallace as American hedgehog / Daniel R. Kelly -- David Foster Wallace on the good life / Nathan Ballantyne and Justin Tosi.

Summary: 'Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will', published in 2010, presented David Foster Wallace's challenge to Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. In this anthology, notable philosophers engage directly with that work and assess Wallace's reply to Taylor as well as other aspects of Wallace's thought. The thinkers in this book explore Wallace's philosophical and literary work, illustrating remarkable ways in which his philosophical views influenced and were influenced by themes developed in his other writings, both fictional and non-fictional.

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'Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will', published in 2010, presented David Foster Wallace's challenge to Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. In this anthology, notable philosophers engage directly with that work and assess Wallace's reply to Taylor as well as other aspects of Wallace's thought. The thinkers in this book explore Wallace's philosophical and literary work, illustrating remarkable ways in which his philosophical views influenced and were influenced by themes developed in his other writings, both fictional and non-fictional.