LEADER 03635nam 2200577 450 001 9910799293603321 005 20240103201417.0 010 $a90-04-24720-3 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004247208 035 $a(CKB)2670000000395186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4751131 035 $a(OCoLC)32543657$z(OCoLC)60254600 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004247208 035 $a(PPN)170742768 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000395186 100 $a19950425d1995 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe crisis of causality $eVoetius and Descartes on God, nature, and change /$fby J.A. van Ruler 210 1$aLeiden ;$aNew York :$cE.J. Brill,$d1995. 215 $a1 online resource (366 pages) 225 1 $aBrill's studies in intellectual history,$x0920-8607 ;$vvolume 66 311 $a90-04-10371-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tINTRODUCTION /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER ONE: VOETIUS' ESSAY \'ON THE NATURES AND SUBSTANTIAL FORMS OF THINGS\' /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER TWO: SPECIES AND FORMS /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER THREE: FINALIST PHYSICS /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER FOUR: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: PERCEPTION AND CAUSALITY /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER FIVE: THE MECHANICAL ALTERNATIVE: FROM ENDS TO IMPULSE /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER SIX: THE COMPOSITE CHARACTER OF SUBSTANTIAL UNITY /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER SEVEN: ULTIMATE CAUSES IN MECHANICAL PHYSICS /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER EIGHT: THE CARTESIAN WORLD /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER NINE: CAUSES, CONSERVATION AND CONCURRENCE /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tCHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSIONS: THEOLOGY BETWEEN VITALISM AND MECHANISM /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY /$rJ. A. van Ruler --$tINDEX /$rJ. A. van Ruler. 330 $aThe Crisis of Causality deals with the reaction of the Dutch Calvinist theologian Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) to the New Philosophy of René Descartes (1596-1650). Voetius not only criticised the Cartesian idea of a mechanical Universe; he also foresaw that shifting conceptions of natural causality would make it impossible for theologians to explain the relationship between God and Creation in philosophical terms. This threatened the status of theology as a scientific discipline. Apart from a detailed analysis of the Scholastic and Cartesian notions of causality, the book offers new perspectives on related subjects, such as seventeenth-century university training and the Cartesian method of science. It will be of great importance to any student of seventeenth-century intellectual history, philosophy, theology and history of science. 410 0$aBrill's studies in intellectual history ;$vv. 66. 606 $aCausation$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aGod$xHistory of doctrines$y17th century 606 $aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aChange$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aVitalism$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aMechanism (Philosophy)$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aCausation$xHistory 615 0$aGod$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory 615 0$aChange$xHistory 615 0$aVitalism$xHistory 615 0$aMechanism (Philosophy)$xHistory 676 $a122/.092/2 700 $aRuler$b J. A. van$01494663 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910799293603321 996 $aThe crisis of causality$93871987 997 $aUNINA