Freedom of the Will

by Austin Farrer

Doctor Farrer discusses the Libertarian-Determinist controversy in terms of mind and body, speech and conduct, nature and spirit, and responsibility and value. It should be of interest to philosophers from both schools of thought.

330 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

Austin Marsden Farrer was a theologian and philosopher whom many consider to be an outstanding figure of 20th century Anglicanism. He served as Fellow and Chaplain of Trinity College, Oxford, 1935–1960.

He was the progenitor of the eponymous "Farrer hypothesis" suggesting that the Gospel of Mark was written prior to, and influenced, those of Matthew and Luke, in contradistinction to the "Q" theory of textual analysis more widely held outside Britain.

Reviews

[briech33se · Rating 3 out of 5]

my brain almost combusted trying to read this
super convoluted, sometimes unnecessarily so. Perhaps it was just at a way too high level of philosophy for me to understand. But, to be honest, if this was written as a collection of lectures, couldn't he have written them in a more understandable manner?