Efficient Causation : A History
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Oxford Philosophical Concepts
ISBN-10
0199782180
ISBN-13
9780199782185
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
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US
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GB
Publication Date
Nov 13th, 2014
Print length
392 Pages
Weight
649 grams
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14.50 x 21.80 x 2.80 cms
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This volume is a collection of new essays by specialists that trace the concept of efficient causation from its discovery (or invention) in Ancient Greece, through its development in late antiquity, the medieval period, and modern philosophy, to its use in contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science.
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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