Steven Nadler presents a collection of essays on philosophical problems aboutcausation in the seventeenth century. His focus is on a particular doctrine, 'occasionalism', found among a number of early modern followers of Descartes. The essays consider the philosophical, scientific, theological, and historicalcontext for the doctrine. INDICE: Introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1: Occasionalismand the Mind-Body Problem; 2: Descartes and Occasional Causation; 3: Occasionalism and General Will in Malebranche; 4: Postscript to 'Occasionalism and General Will in Malebranche'; 5: Knowledge, Volitional Agency and Causation in Malebranche and Geulincx; 6: Dualism and Occasionalism: Arnauld and the Development of Cartesian Metaphysics; 7: The Occasionalism of Louis de la Forge; 8: Louis de la Forge and the Development of Occasionalism: Continuous Creation and the Activity of the Soul; 9: Cordemoy and Occasionalism; 10: 'No Necessary Connection': The Medieval Roots of the Occasionalist Roots of Hume; 11: Choosing a Theodicy: The Leibniz-Malebranche-Arnauld Connection
- ISBN: 978-0-19-825008-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 18/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés