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Freedom and the Self: Essays on the Philosophy of David Foster Wallace
Contributor(s): Cahn, Steven (Editor), Eckert, Maureen (Editor)
ISBN: 0231161530     ISBN-13: 9780231161534
Publisher: Columbia University Press
OUR PRICE:   $27.72  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern
- Philosophy | Metaphysics
- Philosophy | Free Will & Determinism
Dewey: 191
LCCN: 2014035372
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.50 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Modern
 
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The book Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will, published in 2010 by Columbia University Press, 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.

With an introduction by Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert, this collection includes essays by William Hasker (Huntington University), Gila Sher (University of California, San Diego), Marcello Oreste Fiocco (University of California, Irvine), Daniel R. Kelly (Purdue University), Nathan Ballantyne (Fordham University), Justin Tosi (University of Arizona), and Maureen Eckert. These thinkers 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 nonfictional. Together with Fate, Time, and Language, this critical set unlocks key components of Wallace's work and its traces in modern literature and thought.

Contributor Bio(s): Cahn, Steven: - Steven M. Cahn (PhD, Philosophy, Columbia) is Professor of Philosophy at The City University of New York Graduate Center, where he served for nearly a decade as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, then as Acting President. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including From Student to Scholar (Columbia, 2008), Fate, Time, and Language (Columbia, 2010), Polishing Your Prose (Columbia, 2013), Freedom and the Self (Columbia, 2015), Happiness and Goodness (Columbia, 2015), and Religion Within Reason (Columbia, 2017); his textbooks and anthologies on ethics, philosophy of religion, and introduction to philosophy, published by Oxford, have appeared in multiple editions.