The Rise of Compatibilism: A Case Study in the Quantitative History of Philosophy.

The article presents a case study in the quantitative history of philosophy. The paper aims to study why is compatibilism is popular in the history of philosophy by pursuing a rather different naturalistic methodology. The study determines the basic philosophical background of interest and then give...

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Publicado en:Midwest Studies In Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 260 - 271
Autor principal: NICHOLS, SHAUN
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
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Sumario:The article presents a case study in the quantitative history of philosophy. The paper aims to study why is compatibilism is popular in the history of philosophy by pursuing a rather different naturalistic methodology. The study determines the basic philosophical background of interest and then give a general methodological account of how a quantitative history of philosophy might proceed.