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.
| ISBN: | 9780199782178 |
| Publication date: | 13th November 2014 |
| Author: | Tad M Professor of Philosophy and James B and Grace J Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B and Gra Schmaltz |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 392 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Philosophical Concepts |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy of science |