C. A. Campbell

C.A. Campbell on Contra-Causal Freedom

Type:: quote
Date:: January 01, 2004
In:: Agency and Will

Before reopening the general question of the nature and conditions of moral responsibility there is a caveat which it seems to me worth while to ... » Go

Has the Self “Free Will”?

Type:: paper
Date:: January 01, 1957
In:: Agency and Will

It is something of a truism that in philosophic enquiry the exact formulation of a problem often takes one a long way takes one a ... » Go

Is Free Will A Pseudo-Problem?

Type:: paper
Date:: January 01, 1951
In:: Agency and Will, Philosophy of Language

In the days when the Verifiability Principle was accepted by its devotees as a secure philosophical truth, one could understand, though one might not agree ... » Go

In Defence of Free Will

Type:: paper
Date:: January 01, 1938
In:: Agency and Will

In casting about for a suitable topic upon which to address you to-day, I have naturally borne in mind that an inaugural lecture of this ... » Go

C. A. Campbell on the Truth of Vulgar Free Will

Type:: quote
Date:: January 01, 1938
In:: Agency and Will

The present state of philosophical opinion on free will is, for certain definitely assignable reasons, profoundly unsatisfactory. In my judgment, a thoroughly perverse attitude to ... » Go