Causation, Freedom and Determinism

An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

Mortimer Taube (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-63493-0 (ISBN)

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This book, first published in 1936, is a re-examination of historical material; and a positive theory of causation suggested by the results of this re-examination. The historical study discloses an ambiguity in the meanings of causation and determinism; it discloses also that this ambiguity is transferred to the meaning of freedom.

This book, first published in 1936, divides into roughly two parts: a re-examination of historical material; and a positive theory of causation suggested by the results of this re-examination. The historical study discloses an ambiguity in the meanings of causation and determinism; it discloses also that this ambiguity is transferred to the meaning of freedom.

Mortimer Taube

1. Preliminary Definitions 2. The Arguments for Determinism in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy 3. Science and Determinism 4. Hume’s Scepticism in its Relation to Causation and Determinism 5. The Perception of Causal Efficacy 6. Matter, Causation and Determinism 7. Freedom and Uniformity

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Free Will and Determinism
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	1-138-63493-X / 113863493X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-63493-0 / 9781138634930
Zustand	Neuware