Alfred R. Mele

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Alfred R. Mele has been the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University since 2000. He is the author or coeditor of several books including Backsliding: Understanding Weakness of Will (2012), Free Will and Consciousness: How Might They Work? (2010), show more Effective Intentions: The Power of Conscious Will (2009), and Free Will and Luck (2006), all published by Oxford University Press. show less

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The Oxford Handbook of Rationality (2004) — Editor; Composer — 49 copies

Free: Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will (2014) 45 copies, 1 review

Self-Deception Unmasked (2001) 38 copies, 1 review

The Philosophy of Action (1997) 36 copies

Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control (1987) 35 copies, 1 review

Rationality and the Good: Critical Essays on the Ethics and Epistemology of Robert Audi (2007) — Editor — 26 copies

Autonomous Agents: From Self-Control to Autonomy (1995) 23 copies

Free Will and Luck (2006) 22 copies

Free Will and Consciousness: How Might They Work? (2010) 21 copies

Effective Intentions: The Power of Conscious Will (2009) 20 copies

Motivation and Agency (2002) 15 copies

A Dialogue on Free Will and Science (2013) 15 copies

Springs of Action: Understanding Intentional Behavior (1992) 11 copies

Backsliding: Understanding Weakness of Will (2012) 9 copies

Surrounding Free Will: Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience (2014) 9 copies

Aspects of Agency: Decisions, Abilities, Explanations, and Free Will (2017) 7 copies

Manipulated Agents: A Window to Moral Responsibility (2019) 5 copies

Free Will: An Opinionated Guide (2022) 4 copies

Intenciones efectivas : El poder de la voluntad consciente (2018) 1 copy

Onko vapaa tahto illuusio? : dialogi vapaasta tahdosta ja tieteestä (2016) 1 copy

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The Oxford Handbook of Causation (2009) — Contributor — 61 copies

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy (2005) — Contributor — 57 copies

Aristotle's Ethics: critical essays (1998) — Contributor — 28 copies

Rationality, Morality, and Self-Interest: Essays Honoring Mark Carl Overvold (1993) — Contributor — 4 copies

New Essays on Aristotle (Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume) (1984) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Birthdate: 1951
Gender: male
Occupations: Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University

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Free: Why Science Hasn't Disproved Free Will by Alfred R. Mele

Tiny book with a very limited subject: "Have recent scientific experiments proven that free will does not exist?" But his answer is well done. "No, unless your definition of free will is absurd." Note that he isn't arguing that free will must exist (although he believes it does) -- he's just denying that recent experiments have proven any such thing.

Jan 3, 2023

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Irrationality: An Essay on Akrasia, Self-Deception, and Self-Control by Alfred R. Mele