Acknowledgements Abbreviations Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Hegel and Free Will 1.1: Hegel and the Traditional Problem of Free Will 1.2: Hegel's Theory of Free Will Chapter 2: The Problem of Expression as the Problem of Reflection 2.1: Introduction 2.2: Internal and External Determination in the Doctrine of Being 2.3: Internal and External Determination in the Concept of Reflection 2.4: Elements of the Theory of Reflection in Hegel's Moral Psychology 2.5: The Shape of the Project Part II: Agency as Self-Explanation Chapter 3: The Externality of Explanations and the Problem of an Infinite Regress Chapter 4: Self-Explanation as the Basic Form of Explanation 4.

1: Ground as Expression 4.2: Internal and External Determination in Explanations 4.3: The Argument for Explanation as a Three-Term Relation 4.4: The Role of Conditions as the Third Term in Explanation 4.5: The Infection of Internality by the Conditions 4.6: Holism about Explanation Chapter 5: The Agent as a Locus of Self-Explanation Part III: Agency as True Necessity Chapter 6: The Necessity of Action and the Problem of Alternate Possibilities Chapter 7: Modality in Hegel's Logic 7.1: Modality as the Structure of Self-Expression 7.2: Contingency as a Unity of Actuality and Possibility 7.

3: The Modal Continuum 7.4: The Necessity of Alternate Possibilities Chapter 8: Agency as True Necessity 8.1: Willkür and Wille 8.2: The Modal Argument for Hegel's Conception of the Free Will Part IV: Agency as Teleological Reciprocal Interaction Chapter 9: The Mechanistic Challenge and the Problem of Passivity Chapter 10: Teleology, Mechanism and Causation 10.1: The Question of Priority 10.2: Productivity as Expression 10.3: Freedom as Substance-Causation 10.4: The Passivity of Mechanical Causation 10.

5: Causation as Reciprocal Interaction 10.6: Reciprocal Interaction as Freedom 10.7: The Teleological Form of Reciprocal Self-Determination Chapter 11: Teleological Agency 11.1: Arguments Against Determinism 11.2: A Teleological Philosophy of Action Chapter 12: Conclusion Bibliography Index Notes.