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Causation and Modern Philosophy.
This volume brings together a collection of new essays by leading scholars on the subject of causation in the early modern period, from Descartes to Lady Mary Shepherd. Aimed at researchers, graduate students and advanced undergraduates, the volume advances the understanding of early modern discussi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Galileo: Reflections on Failure; 2 Primary and Secondary Causes in Descartes' Physics; 3 Causation and the Cartesian Reduction of Motion: God's Role in Grinding the Gears; 4 Spinoza's Conatus as an Essence-Preserving, Attribute-Neutral Immanent Cause: Toward a New Interpretation of Attributes and Modes; 5 Are Mind-Body Relations Natural and Intelligible?: Some Early Modern Perspectives; 6 Hobbes's Redefinition of the Commonwealth; 7 Hume, Causal Realism, and Free Will.