Reconsidering Causal Powers
«an engaging and provocative mix of conceptual and historical analysis.»
William M. R. Simpson, British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Causal powers are returning to the forefront of realist philosophy of science. Once central features of philosophical thinking about the natures of substances and causes, they were banished during the early modern era and the Scientific Revolution. Les mer
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causal powers were thought to play at the time, and the reasons offered in support, or against, their coherence and ability to perform these roles. By placing rigorous philosophical analyses of thinking about causal powers within their historical contexts, features of their natures which might remain
hidden to contemporary practitioners can be more readily identified and more carefully analyzed. The thoughts of such prominent philosophers as Aristotle, Scotus, Ockham, and Buridan are explored, then on through Suarez, Descartes, and Malebranche, to Locke and Hume, and ultimately to contemporary figures like the logical positivists Goodman and Lewis.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198869528
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 24 x 17 cm
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«an engaging and provocative mix of conceptual and historical analysis.»
William M. R. Simpson, British Journal for the History of Philosophy