| The Causation Debate in Modern Philosophy, 1637-1739 Contributor(s): Clatterbaugh, Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415914779 ISBN-13: 9780415914772 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: "The Causation Debate in Modern Philosophy" examines the debate that began as modern science separated itself from natural philosophy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book specifically explores the two dominant approaches to causation as a metaphysical problem and as a scientific problem. As philosophy and science turned from the ideas of Aristotle that dominated western thought throughout the renaissance, one of the most pressing intellectual problems was how to replace Aristotelian science with its doctine of the four causes. This is the first book to look at the historical discussion as a debate that surrounds certain themes and ideas, and combines classical discussions of causation with recent thinking on the topic. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Epistemology |
| Dewey: 122.090 |
| LCCN: 98-17267 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.94" W x 8.92" (0.89 lbs) 252 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
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| Publisher Description: The Causation Debate in Modern Philosophy examines the debate that began as modern science separated itself from natural philosophy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book specifically explores the two dominant approaches to causation as a metaphysical problem and as a scientific problem. |