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Efficient Causation Tad M. Schmaltz (Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Efficient Causation By Tad M. Schmaltz (Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Efficient Causation by Tad M. Schmaltz (Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

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This volume is a collection of new essays by specialists that trace the concept of efficient causation from its discovery (or invention) in Ancient Greece, through its development in late antiquity, the medieval period, and modern philosophy, to its use in contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science.

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Efficient Causation: A History by Tad M. Schmaltz (Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

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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The volume showcases crucial elements that at one point or another entered into philosophical views of efficient causation. It provides a useful framework for taking a fresh look at existing work on causation... This Oxford Philosophical Concepts anthology represents a great first step toward a better, historically situated, understanding of efficient causation. As such it is a welcome addition to the philosophical literature. * Andreea Mihali, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly *
This fine history of the evolution of conceptions of causation has no rival. ... Contributors' reflections on the interactive development of philosophical conceptions of the concept of efficient causation make this a complex but rewarding work for advanced students of philosophy. Comprehensive index and bibliography ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above. * Choice *
[E]ach contributor provides an expert treatment of a chapter in the history of efficient causation, and the book as a whole gives a useful framework to reflect historically on a key philosophical concept. * Andrea Falcon, Journal of the History of Philosophy *
Does the volume achieve these big-picture goals? Yes, for the most part. The quality of the scholarship is very high without being unapproachable, the volume lays out a detailed and insightful history of its target concept, and the Reflections are engaging and thought provoking...volume succeeds admirably in its stated goals...Efficient Causation is a history of causation written for metaphysicians. By those lights, it is excellent. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *

About Tad M. Schmaltz (Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Tad M. Schmaltz is Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has published articles and book chapters on various topics in early modern philosophy, and is the author of Malebranche's Theory of the Soul (Oxford, 1996), Radical Cartesianism (Cambridge, 2002), and Descartes on Causation (Oxford, 2008).

Table of Contents

Introduction ; Tad M. Schmaltz ; Part I Ancient and Medieval ; 1. Aristotle and the Discovery of Efficient Causation, Thomas M. Tuozzo ; Reflection: Representations of Efficient Causation in the Iliad, Tobias Myers ; 2. Efficient Causation in the Stoic Tradition, R. J. Hankinson ; 3. Efficient Causation in Late Antiquity and the Earlier Medieval Era, Ian Wilks ; 4. Efficient Causation: From Ibn Sina to Ockham, Kara Richardson ; Reflection: Efficient Causation and Musical Inspiration, Anna Harwell Celenza ; Part II Modern ; 5. Efficient Causation: From Suarez to Descartes, Tad M. Schmaltz ; 6. Efficient Causation in Spinoza and Leibniz, Martin Lin ; Reflection: Reason, Calculating Machines and Efficient Causation, Matthew L. Jones ; 7. Efficient Causation in Malebranche and Berkeley, Lisa Downing ; 8. Efficient Causation in Hume, P. J. E. Kail ; 9. Efficient Causation in Kant, Eric Watkins ; Part III Contemporary ; 10. Contemporary Efficient Causation: Humean Themes, Douglas Ehring ; Reflection:Efficient Causation in Art, Tina Rivers ; 11. Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian Themes, Stephen Mumford ; Bibliography ; Pre-20th-Century Sources ; 20th- and 21st-Century Literature ; Index

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NLS9780199782178
9780199782178
0199782172
Efficient Causation: A History by Tad M. Schmaltz (Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Tad M. Schmaltz (Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, Professor of Philosophy and James B. and Grace J. Nelson Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Oxford Philosophical Concepts
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Oxford University Press Inc
2014-11-13
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