| Animal Choice and Human Freedom: On the Genealogy of Self-determined Action Contributor(s): Yudanin, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1793620180 ISBN-13: 9781793620187 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Free Will & Determinism - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Science | Life Sciences - Biology |
| Dewey: 123.5 |
| LCCN: 2020012243 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.31 lbs) 290 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Animal Choice and Human Freedom: On the Genealogy of Self-Determined Action, Michael Yudanin argues that describing freedom conceptually is impossible without explaining how it can exist in the world. Yudanin develops an account of freedom's instantiation in biological agents and provides several prerequisites that are necessary for its exercise. He demonstrates that freedom is linked to the form of life and distinguishes between choice in non-verbal animals and human freedom, where the latter is enabled by the development of language and thus possesses a distinct character. Following this descriptive account, Yudanin explores freedom's evolutionary history, explaining how it developed in the course of the evolution of species. |