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020			_a9780199570430 (alk. paper)
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050			_aBD 541 Ott
100	1		_aOtt, Walter R. _9886
245	1	0	_aCausation and laws of nature in early modern philosophy _c/ by Walter Ott
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2009. _aOxford :
300			_a xii, 260 pages
336			_2rdacontent _aText | _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aUnmediated | _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _aVolume _bnc
500			_aSummary: Some philosophers think physical explanations stand on their own: what happens, happens because things have the properties they do. Others think that any such explanation is incomplete: what happens in the physical world must be partly due to the laws of nature. Causation and Laws of Nature in Early Modern Philosophy examines the debate between these views from Descartes to Hume. Ott argues that the competing models of causation in the period grow out of the scholastic notion of power. On this Aristotelian view, the connection between cause and effect is logically necessary. Causes are 'intrinsically directed' at what they produce. But when the Aristotelian view is faced with the challenge of mechanism, the core notion of a power splits into two models, each of which persists throughout the early modern period. It is only when seen in this light that the key arguments of the period can reveal their true virtues and flaws. To make his case, Ott explores such central topics as intentionality, the varieties of necessity, and the nature of relations. Arguing for controversial readings of many of the canonical figures, the book also focuses on lesser-known writers such as Pierre-Sylvain Régis, Nicolas Malebranche, and Robert Boyle
650		0	_9149 _aCAUSATION
650		0	_aETHICS _9208
650		0	_9887 _aNATURAL LAW
650		0	_9293 _aPHILOSOPHY OF NATURE
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