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Efficient Causation: A History

By Tad M. Schmaltz

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2014
ISBN
0199782180, 9780199782185
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4866264 bytes)
Series
Oxford Philosophical Concepts
Pages
392\395
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-09-14 13:03:42

Description

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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