Introduction
Abstract
In our scientific era, there has been wide speculation about the demise of conventional notions about our agency. Some believe our scientific discoveries render these ideas not just archaic but implausible. Others have developed various reductive notions about our agency with the idea that such notions are, in some respect, more empirical. It is within this context that, here, I examine our conventional thought and talk regarding our agency, and the basis for thinking it is at odds with the revelations of science.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Free Will and Agency
Critical Realism in Sociology
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 1–10
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter