03635nam 2200577 450 991079929360332120240103201417.090-04-24720-310.1163/9789004247208(CKB)2670000000395186(MiAaPQ)EBC4751131(OCoLC)32543657(OCoLC)60254600(nllekb)BRILL9789004247208(PPN)170742768(EXLCZ)99267000000039518619950425d1995 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe crisis of causality Voetius and Descartes on God, nature, and change /by J.A. van RulerLeiden ;New York :E.J. Brill,1995.1 online resource (366 pages)Brill's studies in intellectual history,0920-8607 ;volume 6690-04-10371-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material /J. A. van Ruler --INTRODUCTION /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER ONE: VOETIUS' ESSAY \'ON THE NATURES AND SUBSTANTIAL FORMS OF THINGS\' /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER TWO: SPECIES AND FORMS /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER THREE: FINALIST PHYSICS /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER FOUR: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: PERCEPTION AND CAUSALITY /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER FIVE: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: FROM ENDS TO IMPULSE /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITE CHARACTER OF SUBSTANTIAL UNITY /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER SEVEN: ULTIMATE CAUSES IN MECHANICAL PHYSICS /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER EIGHT: THE CARTESIAN WORLD /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER NINE: CAUSES, CONSERVATION AND CONCURRENCE /J. A. van Ruler --CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSIONS: THEOLOGY BETWEEN VITALISM AND MECHANISM /J. A. van Ruler --BIBLIOGRAPHY /J. A. van Ruler --INDEX /J. A. van Ruler.The Crisis of Causality deals with the reaction of the Dutch Calvinist theologian Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) to the New Philosophy of René Descartes (1596-1650). Voetius not only criticised the Cartesian idea of a mechanical Universe; he also foresaw that shifting conceptions of natural causality would make it impossible for theologians to explain the relationship between God and Creation in philosophical terms. This threatened the status of theology as a scientific discipline. Apart from a detailed analysis of the Scholastic and Cartesian notions of causality, the book offers new perspectives on related subjects, such as seventeenth-century university training and the Cartesian method of science. It will be of great importance to any student of seventeenth-century intellectual history, philosophy, theology and history of science.Brill's studies in intellectual history ;v. 66.CausationHistory17th centuryGodHistory of doctrines17th centuryPhilosophy of natureHistory17th centuryChangeHistory17th centuryVitalismHistory17th centuryMechanism (Philosophy)History17th centuryCausationHistoryGodHistory of doctrinesPhilosophy of natureHistoryChangeHistoryVitalismHistoryMechanism (Philosophy)History122/.092/2Ruler J. A. van1494663MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910799293603321The crisis of causality3871987UNINA