History of Free Will

Hi everyone,

Long time listener, first time caller. 

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good book on the history of free will.  I'm thinking of something that takes you from the ancients (Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, Epicureans) through the Medievals (Augustine, Anselm, Aquinas, Ockham, etc) and the moderns to Kant or beyond.  I had the thought the other day that I've never seen a collection of essays introducing or discussing the history of this philosophical area.  I found this surprising given that there is no shortage of "______ from Plato to Kant" collections generally.  Some quick research yielded these two books:

Free Will: An Historical and Philosophical Introduction by Ilham Dilman
The Will and Human Action: From Antiquity to the Present Day by Thomas Pink

Does anyone have any other recommendations? 

Comments

[Justin A. Capes]

Though a bit narrower than you are looking for, there's a pretty good book by James Harris called "Of Liberty and Necessity," which tracks the free will debate through eighteenth century philosophy. The chapter on Hume is particularly engaging.

[Brian Boeninger]

Some readings from Aristotle through Kant make up a little less than half of Derk Pereboom's "Free Will" book (Hackett Readings in Philosophy, 1997). The rest features more contemporary pieces (Ayer on up). The book contains introductions as well.

[Andrew W.]

Check out The Idea of Freedom, edited by Mortimer Adler.

[Per]

Thanks for your suggestions!

[Bob Doyle]

My History of the Free Will Problem is not a book, but a work in progress.

http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/history/

For each philosopher or scientist mentioned, there is generally a web page with more details.