From Cause to Causation
Subtitle: A Peircean Perspective (Philosophical Studies Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: October 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781402009761
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Metaphysics & ontology; Speculative Philosophy; Metaphysics; Peirce, Charles Sanders; Philosophy; Peirce, Charles S; Epistemology; History & Surveys - General; Philosophy / Epistemology; Philosophy / Metaphysics; Philosophy-History & Surveys - General; Philosophy-Metaphysics; 1839-1914; Teleology; (Charles Sanders),; Causation; Peirce, Charles S.
First sentence: Philosophical theories, obviously, are always answers to questions that are raised within certain historical contexts, which involve the common presuppositions of an era.