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Jonathan Bricklin

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The Illusion of Will, Self, and Time

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Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
William James 1
Thoughts without a Thinker 13
Ghostbuster 25
The Feeling of Effort 35
Free Will and Indeterminism 49
Universe and Nulliverse 63
Precognition 71
Fate and Free Will 89
That Thou Art 105
Consciousness and Consciousness of Self 117
Psyche 177
Undoing unto Others as Well as Oneself 189
Belief in Fate Is not Fatalism 201
The Nonreality of Time 211
Eternalism 243
Appendix 273
Abbreviations for James Texts 279
Notes 283
Bibliography 343
Index 373

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438456294-010

Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
William James 1
Thoughts without a Thinker 13
Ghostbuster 25
The Feeling of Effort 35
Free Will and Indeterminism 49
Universe and Nulliverse 63
Precognition 71
Fate and Free Will 89
That Thou Art 105
Consciousness and Consciousness of Self 117
Psyche 177
Undoing unto Others as Well as Oneself 189
Belief in Fate Is not Fatalism 201
The Nonreality of Time 211
Eternalism 243
Appendix 273
Abbreviations for James Texts 279
Notes 283
Bibliography 343
Index 373

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