The crisis of causality : Voetius and Descartes on God, nature, and change / / by J.A. van Ruler

• Autore: Ruler J. A. van
• Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; New York : , : E.J. Brill, , 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 pages)
• Disciplina: 122/.092/2
• Soggetto topico: Causation - History - 17th century; God - History of doctrines - 17th century; Philosophy of nature - History - 17th century; Change - History - 17th century; Vitalism - History - 17th century; Mechanism (Philosophy) - History - 17th century
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The crisis of causality
• ISBN: 90-04-24720-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799293603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; ; v. 66.