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

In Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will, editors Steven M. Cahn and Maureen Eckert presented David Foster Wallace's original challenge to Richard Taylor's argument for fatalism. In this collection of essays, notable philosophers assess Wallace's reply to Taylor as well as other aspects of Wallace's thought. The volume includes an introduction by Cahn and Eckert and essays by William Hasker, Gila Sher, Marcello Oreste Fiocco, Daniel R. Kelly, and Nathan Ballantyne and Justin Tosi, as well as Maureen Eckert. These thinkers explore Wallace's philosophical engagements and unlock key components of his groundbreaking intellectual and creative work.

Contemporary philosophers assess the late author’s ideas on fatalism, free will, and art.