De La Mettrie's Ghost The Story Of Decisions

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Nature 2005
• Series: Macmillan Science
• Subjects: History of science; Interdisciplinary studies; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of science; Popular science; 21st century; Age of Enlightenment; drama; drawing; enlightenment; free will; memory; nature; philosophy; physics; politics; prose; style; Victorian era
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• ISBN: 978-0-230-55221-0; 9780230552210
• Access: Open Access

This book is about how we make choices. Drawing together evidence from 21st century chemistry to Victorian politics, enlightenment philosophy, Roman drama and beyond, it is a compelling hunt for the nature of free will.