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Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation

Author : Ludger Jansen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000357910
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation written by Ludger Jansen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume of essays devoted to Aristotelian formal causation and its relevance for contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science. The essays trace the historical development of formal causation and demonstrate its relevance for contemporary issues, such as causation, explanation, laws of nature, functions, essence, modality, and metaphysical grounding. The introduction to the volume covers the history of theories of formal causation and points out why we need a theory of formal causation in contemporary philosophy. Part I is concerned with scholastic approaches to formal causation, while Part II presents four contemporary approaches to formal causation. The three chapters in Part III explore various notions of dependence and their relevance to formal causation. Part IV, finally, discusses formal causation in biology and cognitive sciences. Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation will be of interest to advanced graduate students and researchers working on contemporary Aristotelian approaches to metaphysics and philosophy of science. This volume includes contributions by José Tomás Alvarado, Christopher J. Austin, Giacomo Giannini, Jani Hakkarainen, Ludger Jansen, Markku Keinänen, Gyula Klima, James G. Lennox, Stephen Mumford, David S. Oderberg, Michele Paolini Paoletti, Sandeep Prasada, Petter Sandstad, Wolfgang Sattler, Benjamin Schnieder, Matthew Tugby, and Jonas Werner.

Formal Causes

Author : Michael T. Ferejohn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019969530X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Formal Causes written by Michael T. Ferejohn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael T. Ferejohn presents a new analysis of Aristotle's theory of explanation and scientific knowledge, in the context of its Socratic roots. Ferejohn shows how Aristotle resolves the tension between his commitment to the formal-case model of explanation and his recognition of the role of efficient causes in explaining natural phenomena.

Formal Causes

Author : Michael T. Ferejohn
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191502480
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Formal Causes written by Michael T. Ferejohn and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael T. Ferejohn presents an original interpretation of key themes in Aristotle's classic works, and their roots in Socratic thought. The principal historical thesis of this work is that Aristotle's commendation of the historical Socrates for 'being the first to pursue universal definitions' is explainable in part by Aristotle's own attraction to the 'formal cause' (or definition-based) mode of explanation as providing justification for scientific knowledge. After exploring the motives behind Socrates' search for definitions of the ethical virtues, Ferejohn argues that Aristotle's commitment to the centrality of formal cause explanation in the theory of demonstration he advances in the Posterior Analytics is at odds with his independent recognition that natural phenomena are best explained by reference to efficient causes. Ferejohn then argues that this tension is ultimately resolved in Aristotle's later scientific works, when he abandons this commitment and instead evinces a marked preference for explanation of natural phenomena in terms of efficient as well as so-called final (teleological) causes. This tension between formal and efficient cause explanations is especially evident in Aristotle's discussions of events such as thunder and eclipses in Posterior Analytics B 8-10. In the later chapters of the book Ferejohn defends a novel interpretation of Aristotle's manner of treating these phenomena that depends on his fourfold classification of scientific questions and the presupposition relations he believes to hold among them. The final chapter turns to the role of definition in Aristotle's mature ontology. Ferejohn argues that in Metaphysics Z 17 he proposes a treatment of kinds of composite substances parallel to that of thunder and eclipses in the Posterior Analytics, and that this treatment is a crucial element in his sustained argument in Metaphysics Z and H that such kinds are definable unities.

Media and Formal Cause

Author : Marshall McLuhan
Publisher : Neopoiesis Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780983274704
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Media and Formal Cause written by Marshall McLuhan and published by Neopoiesis Press, LLC. This book was released on 2011 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews No one understood causality, whether Aristotelian or electric, like Marshall McLuhan. Now, in Media and Formal Cause, no one reveals understanding of formal cause in the digital environment better than McLuhan's protégé son, Eric. In the foreword, Lance Strate writes that M. McLuhan's Understanding Media was one of the most important books of the 20th century. For anyone who wishes to understand how things truly work, Media and Formal Cause is one of the most important books of the 21st. Arguably formal cause has been the least understood but the most intellectually important of all of Aristotle's four agents or processes of causation. This small volume proffers a large understanding of this formative, previously mysterious level of invisible creation. Three essays by Marshall (one with co-author Barry Nevitt) and a powerful new essay by Eric give new meaning to ye olde cliché, "like father, like son". While reading writing that is engaging, encyclopedic, and electric, we discover that formal cause is not what you think... but it is vital to how you think. -Thomas Cooper, Professor of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College; author of Fast Media/Media Fast In Media and Formal Cause Eric McLuhan updates an important part of his father's work that is often overlooked, the quixotic role of causality in making sense of how new media change the way we construct our environment and our communication. How does novelty cause antiquity? When do effects precede causes? Read on, and you shall find out. -David Rothenberg, Professor of Philosophy and Music, New Jersey Institute of Technology; author of Why Birds Sing and Thousand Mile Song Like his mentor, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Marshall McLuhan was often accused of indulging in mere paradox. But Media and Formal Cause demonstrates the profound understanding that underlies the work of both Chesterton and McLuhan, the understanding that we live in a paradoxical world. Both McLuhan and Chesterton attempted to jar readers loose from what Cardinal Newman called "paper logic" into a recognition of the total situation in which we find ourselves. This very readable and accessible volume should greatly assist new readers of McLuhan and remind long time students of just how challenging and exhilarating his explorations were. -Philip Marchand, author, Marshall McLuhan: The Medium and the Messenger A sage and perceptive quartet of essays which capture and extend a still quintessentially unique way of thinking about media, via patterns and connections that harken to the ancient world and redound to our present and future. -Paul Levinson, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University; author of Digital McLuhan, and of New New Media

Taking Up McLuhan's Cause

Author : Corey Anton
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
ISBN 13 : 9781783206940
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Taking Up McLuhan's Cause written by Corey Anton and published by Intellect (UK). This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a number of prominent scholars to explore a relatively under-studied area of Marshall McLuhan's thought: his idea of formal cause and the role that formal cause plays in the emergence of new technologies and in structuring societal relations. Aiming to open a new way of understanding McLuhan's thought in this area, and to provide methodological grounding for future media ecology research, the book runs the gamut, from contributions that directly support McLuhan's arguments to those that see in them the germs of future developments in emergent dynamics and complexity theory.

Communities in Action

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309452961
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.

The Metaphysics of the School: (pt.1) Book 5 [cont'd] Causes of being

Author : Thomas Harper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
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The Metaphysics of the School: Book4. Principles of being; Book 5. Causes of being

Author : Thomas Harper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Metaphysics of the School: Book4. Principles of being; Book 5. Causes of being written by Thomas Harper and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology

Author : James Mark Baldwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology written by James Mark Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Author : William Whewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d ed by : William Whewell

Download or read book VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d ed written by William Whewell and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Inductive Sciences: VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d ed

Download History of the Inductive Sciences: VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d ed PDF Online Free

Author : William Whewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
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Book Synopsis History of the Inductive Sciences: VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d ed by : William Whewell

Download or read book History of the Inductive Sciences: VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology. Additions to the 3d ed written by William Whewell and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thinking about Causes

Author : Peter Machamer
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822971119
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Thinking about Causes written by Peter Machamer and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2007-06-03 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging as a hot topic in the mid-twentieth century, causality is one of the most frequently discussed issues in contemporary philosophy. Causality has been a central concept in philosophy as well as in the sciences, especially the natural sciences, dating back to its beginning in Greek thought. David Hume famously claimed that causality is the cement of the universe. In general terms, it links eventualities, predicts the consequences of action, and is the cognitive basis for the acquisition and the use of categories and concepts in the child. Indeed, how could one answer why-questions, around which early rational thought begins to revolve, without hitting on the relationships between reason and consequence, cause and effect, or without drawing these distinctions? But a comprehensive definition of causality has been notoriously hard to provide, and virtually every aspect of causation has been subject to much debate and analysis. Thinking about Causes brings together top philosophers from the United States and Europe to focus on causality as a major force in philosophical and scientific thought. Topics addressed include: ancient Stoicism and moral philosophy; the case of sacramental causality; traditional causal concepts in Descartes; Kant on transcendental laws; the influence of J. S. Mill's politics on his concept of causation; plurality in causality; causality in modern physics; causality in economics; and the concept of free will. Taken together, the essays in this collection provide the best current thinking about causality, especially as it relates to the philosophy of science.

Catholic Encyclopedia

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Catholic Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Catholic Encyclopedia: Brow[ns]-Clancy

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 892 pages
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Real Essentialism

Author : David S. Oderberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134348851
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Real Essentialism written by David S. Oderberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real Essentialism presents a comprehensive defence of neo-Aristotelian essentialism. Do objects have essences? Must they be the kinds of things they are in spite of the changes they undergo? Can we know what things are really like – can we define and classify reality? Many if not most philosophers doubt this, influenced by centuries of empiricism, and by the anti-essentialism of Wittgenstein, Quine, Popper, and other thinkers. Real Essentialism reinvigorates the tradition of realist, essentialist metaphysics, defending the reality and knowability of essence, the possibility of objective, immutable definition, and its relevance to contemporary scientific and metaphysical issues such as whether essence transcends physics and chemistry, the essence of life, the nature of biological species, and the nature of the person.

Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science

Author : David Ebrey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316299147
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Theory and Practice in Aristotle's Natural Science written by David Ebrey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aristotle argued that in theory one could acquire knowledge of the natural world. But he did not stop there; he put his theories into practice. This volume of new essays shows how Aristotle's natural science and philosophical theories shed light on one another. The contributors engage with both biological and non-biological scientific works and with a wide variety of theoretical works, including Physics, Generation and Corruption, On the Soul, and Posterior Analytics. The essays focus on a number of themes, including the sort of explanation provided by matter; the relationship between matter, teleology, and necessity; cosmic teleology; how an organism's soul and faculties relate to its end; how to define things such as sleep, void, and soul; and the proper way to make scientific judgments. The resulting volume offers a rich and integrated view of Aristotle's science and shows how it fits with his larger philosophical theories.

An Elementary Treatise on Logic

Author : William Dexter Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book An Elementary Treatise on Logic written by William Dexter Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: