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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0271008636 ISBN 13: 9780271008639

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume examines doctrines of causation in the 17th century. Three general accounts of causation stand out in early modern philosophy: Cartesian interactionism, occasionalism, and Leibniz's pre-established harmony. These accounts are examined in their philosophical and historical context.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0271008636
• ISBN 13: 9780271008639
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Nadler Steven M.