Freedom and the Self: Essays on the Philosophy of David Foster Wallace

The book Fate, Time, and Language An Essay on Free Will, published in 2010 by Columbia University Press, presented David Foster Wallaces challenge to Richard Taylors argument for fatalism. In this anthology, notable philosophers engage directly with that work and assess Wallaces reply to Taylor as well as other aspects of Wallaces thought. With an introduction by Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert, this collection includes essays by William Hasker Huntington University, Gila Sher University of California, San Diego, Marcello Oreste Fiocco University of California, Irvine, Daniel R. Kelly Purdue University, Nathan Ballantyne Fordham University, Justin Tosi University of Arizona, and Maureen Eckert. These thinkers explore Wallaces philosophical and literary work, illustrating remarkable ways in which his philosophical views influenced and were influenced by themes developed in his other writings, both fictional and nonfictional.