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Tad M. Schmaltz - Efficient Causation, Inbunden

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Efficient Causation

A History

Av Tad M. Schmaltz

Del i serien Oxford Philosophical Concepts

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Causation is now commonly supposed to involve a succession that instantiates some law-like regularity. Efficient Causation: A History examines how our modern notion developed from a very different understanding of efficient causation. This volume begins with Aristotle's initial conception of efficient causation, and then considers the transformations and reconsiderations of this conception in late antiquity, medieval and modern philosophy, ending with contemporary accounts of causation. It includes four short "Reflections" that explore the significance of the concept for literature, the history of music, the history of science, and contemporary art theory.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-11-13
  • Mått: 218 x 145 x 27 mm
  • Vikt: 649 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Oxford Philosophical Concepts
  • Antal sidor: 392
  • Förlag: OUP USA
  • ISBN: 9780199782185
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Tad M. Schmaltz is Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has published articles and book chapters on various topics in early modern philosophy, and is the author of Malebranche's Theory of the Soul (Oxford, 1996), Radical Cartesianism (Cambridge, 2002), and Descartes on Causation (Oxford, 2008).

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The volume showcases crucial elements that at one point or another entered into philosophical views of efficient causation. It provides a useful framework for taking a fresh look at existing work on causation... This Oxford Philosophical Concepts anthology represents a great first step toward a better, historically situated, understanding of efficient causation. As such it is a welcome addition to the philosophical literature.

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