Occasionalism : causation among the Cartesians
Nadler, Steven MAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Steven Nadler presents a collection of essays on the problem of causation in 17th-century philosophy. These essays examine the philosophical, scientific, theological and religious themes and arguments of occasionalism, as well as its roots in medieval views on God and causality.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Steven Nadler presents a collection of essays on the problem of causation in 17th-century philosophy. These essays examine the philosophical, scientific, theological and religious themes and arguments of occasionalism, as well as its roots in medieval views on God and causality.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Dec. 17, 2010).
Occasionalism and the mind-body problem -- Desartes and occasional causation -- Occasionalism and general will in Malebranche -- Knowledge, volitional agency, and causation in Malebranche and Geulincx -- Dualism and occasionalism: Arnauld and the development of Cartesian metaphysics -- The occasionalism of Louis de le Forge -- Louise de la Forge and the development of occasionalism: continuous creation and the activity of the soul -- Cordemoy and occasionalism -- "No necessary connection": the medieval roots of the occasionalist roots of Hume -- Choosing a theodicy: the Leibniz-Malebranche-Arnauld connection.
Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Occasionalism
Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy
Speculative Philosophy