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Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910

By Roger Smith

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From the late nineteenth century onwards religion gave way to science as the dominant force in society. This led to a questioning of the principle of free will-if the workings of the human mind could be reduced to purely physiological explanations, then what place was there for human agency and self-improvement?Smith takes an in-depth look at the problem of free will through the prism of different disciplines. Physiology, psychology, philosophy, evolutionary theory, ethics, history and sociology...Show more

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9780822964766

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University of Pittsburgh Press

Published year

2016

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Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910

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