The freedom of the will - Lucas, J. R. (John Randolph), 1929- (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1970)
Freedom and philosophy -- Responsibility and freedom -- The common sense reply -- Necessity and constraint -- Determinism without tears -- Determinism and responsibility -- Prediction -- Causes and explanations -- Regularity and rational explanations -- Regularity and rational explanations -- Partial and complete explanations -- General arguments for and against determinism -- Types of determinism -- Logical determinism or fatalism -- Theological determinism: omniscience and foreknowledge -- Psychological determinism -- Physical determinism -- Reformulation of physical determinism -- Arguments in favor of physical determinism -- Criticisms of metaphysical materialism -- Quantum mechanics -- The presupposition of thought -- Self-reference -- Referring -- Godel numbering and Godel's theorem -- The application of Godel's theorem -- Objections to Godelian argument -- Dialogues and intuitions -- Mathematical theology -- Reflections on the Godelian argument -- Consequences.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176).
Keywords: Free will and determinism