Occasionalism: Causation Among the Cartesians

by StevenNadler (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $124.69

  Steven Nadler presents a collection of essays on philosophical problems about causation 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 historical context for the doctrine.