Causation in Early Modern Philosophy: Cartesianism, Occasionalism, and Preestablished Harmony - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 027102657X ISBN 13: 9780271026572

Casa editrice: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1993

Riassunto

Three general accounts of causation stand out in early modern philosophy: Cartesian interactionism, occasionalism, and Leibniz's preestablished harmony. The contributors to this volume examine these theories in their philosophical and historical context. They address them both as a means for answering specific questions regarding causal relations and in their relation to one another, in particular, comparing occasionalism and the preestablished harmony as responses to Descartes's metaphysics and physics and the Cartesian account of causation. Philosophers discussed include Descartes, Gassendi, Malebranche, Arnauld, Leibniz, Bayle, La Forge, and other, less well-known figures.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Steven Nadler is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author ofMalebranche and Ideas (1992), Arnauld and the Cartesian Philosophy of Ideas (1989), and editor ofMalebranche: Philosophical Selections (1992).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 027102657X
• ISBN 13: 9780271026572
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Redattore: Nadler Steven M.