Reconsidering Causal Powers
Historical and Conceptual Perspectives
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
Av Lagerlund Et Al, LAGERLUND ET AL, Benjamin Hill, Henrik Lagerlund, Stathis Psillos, The University of Western Ontario) Hill, Benjamin (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Stockholm University) Lagerlund, Henrik (Professor of the History of Philosophy, Professor of the History of Philosophy, University of Athens) Psillos, Stathis (Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics, Professor of Philosophy of Science and Metaphysics
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.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. In this volume, distinguished scholars revisit the fortunes of causal powers as scientific explanatory principles within the theories of substance and cause across history. Each chapter focuses on the philosophical roles 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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2021-02-18
- Mått165 x 240 x 25 mm
- Vikt634 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor320
- FörlagOUP OXFORD
- ISBN9780198869528