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 ...
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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.
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New. 0271008636. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED----DESCRIPTION: "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. --AUTHOR: Steven Nadler is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Malebranche and Ideas (Oxford, 1992), Arnauld and the Cartesian Philosophy of Ideas (Princeton, 1989), and editor of Malebranche: Philosophical Selections (Hackett, 1992). --TOC: Descartes and Occasionalism Daniel Garber * Influxus Physicus Eileen O'Neill * The Occasionalism of Louis de la Forge Steven Nadler * Malebranche, Models, and Causation Richard A. Watson * Causation and Preestablished Harmony in the Early Development of Leibniz's Philosophy Mark A. Kulstad * Compossibility and Law Margaret D. Wilson * Natures, Laws, and Miracles: The Roots of Leibniz's Critique of Occasionalism Donald P. Rutherford * Constancy, Emergence, and Illusions: Obstacles to Naturalistic Theories of Vision Catherine Wilson * Mechanism as a Silly Mouse: Bayle's Defense of Occasionalism Against the Preestablished Harmony Thomas M. Lennon * The Value of Harmony Lois Frankel"--with a bonus offer--
