Causation and Modern Philosophy
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Galileo: Reflections On Failure / David Wootton -- Primary And Secondary Causes In Descartes' Physics / Tad M. Schmaltz -- Causation And The Cartesian Reduction Of Motion: God's Role In Grinding The Gears / William Eaton, Robert Higgerson -- Spinoza's Conatus As An Essence-preserving, Attribute-neutral Immanent Cause: Toward A New Interpretation Of Attributes And Modes / Eric Schliesser -- Are Mind-body Relations Natural And Intelligible? Some Early Modern Perspectives / Pauline Phemister -- Hobbes's Redefinition Of The Commonwealth / Timothy Stanton -- Hume, Causal Realism, And Free Will / Peter Millican -- Pouring New Wine Into Old Skin: The Meaning Of Hume's Necessary Connexions / Constantine Sandis -- Is Causation A Relation? / Boris Hennig -- Kant On Causal Knowledge: Causality, Mechanism, And Reflective Judgment / Angela Breitenbach -- Regularities All The Way Down: Thomas Brown's Philosophy Of Causation / Stathis Psillos -- Causality And Causal Induction: The Necessarian Theory Of Lady Mary Shepherd / Martha Brandt Bolton. Edited By Keith Allen And Tom Stoneham. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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THE THESIS
This volume investigates the evolution of causal theory throughout the early modern period, questioning how philosophers transitioned from scholastic frameworks to modern scientific understandings of necessity and induction. The editors, Keith Allen and Tom Stoneham, curate a collection of essays from prominent scholars that examine the intersection of physics, theology, and metaphysics. By analyzing the works of thinkers such as Descartes, Spinoza, Hobbes, Hume, and Kant, the text provides a rigorous examination of how causal relations were conceptualized during a period of radical intellectual shift.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Historical analysis of causal theories from the 17th to the 19th centuries.
- Comparative studies of Cartesian physics and Spinozist immanent causality.
- Examination of Humean causal realism and the necessity of connections.
- Critical evaluation of Kantian causal knowledge and mechanism.
- Scholarly discourse on the transition from traditional metaphysics to modern induction.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts identify this collection as a significant resource for advanced students and researchers specializing in early modern philosophy. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the high level of technical rigor required to engage with the specific philosophical arguments presented.
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Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0203830113
ISBN-13:
9780203830116
Philosophy
Causation
Philosophy Modern
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Academic
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