Elbow Room (Dennett book)
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Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting is a 1984 book by the American philosopher Daniel Dennett, in which Dennett discusses the philosophical issues of free will and determinism.
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Author | Daniel C. Dennett |
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Language | English |
Subject | Free will |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Publication date | 1984 |
Publication place | United States |
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ISBN | 978-0-262-04077-8 |
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LC Class | BJ1461 .D426 1984 |
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In 1983, Dennett delivered the John Locke Lectures at Oxford on the topic of free will. In 1984, these ideas were published in the book Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wanting. In this book Daniel Dennett explored what it means for people to have free will. The title, Elbow Room, is a reference to the question: "Are we deterministic machines with no real freedom of action or do we in fact have some elbow room, some real choice in our behavior?".