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

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0271008636 ISBN 13: 9780271008639

Casa editrice: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1992

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 questa edizione

• Editore: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0271008636
• ISBN 13: 9780271008639
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Redattore: Nadler Steven