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• - Randolph Clarke's survey of theories of freedom according to which it is inconsistent with causal determinism.
  
• - A chapter from the 'The Free Will Handbook' (edited by Robert Kane, 2002) by Christopher Taylor and Daniel Dennett.
  
• - Discusses the various problems raised by different concepts of determinism, and presents an argument that physical determinism is compatible with free will.
  
• - A critique of the view that quantum theory disproves determinism, and an argument that freedom is simultaneously compatible and incompatible with determinism. By Prof. Ted Honderich.
  
• - Section on free will from David Chalmers' site.
  
• - Ted Honderich's (still quite long) summary of a deterministic philosophy of mind, and its consequences for our fundamental attitudes.
  
• - A comprehensive collection of important papers on the philosophy of free will, freedom and determinism. By Prof. Ted Honderich.
  
• - Volitional science is the attempted integration of cognitive science with the structure of society. It argues convincingly for the existence of free will. Is a cross-disciplinary study of cog sci, game theory, social science and Austrian economics.
  
• - The full text of a chapter from Hazlitt's 'The Foundations of Morality'.
  
• - An overview of theories of free will and the problems that they raise. By Timothy O'Connor.
  
• - A series of essays offering a naturalistic critique of libertarian free will, arguing that such freedom is illusory, and also unnecessary to ground our moral practices.