Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

This book, first published in 1936, divides into roughly two parts: a re-examination of historical material; and a positive theory of causation suggested by the results of this re-examination. The historical study discloses an ambiguity in the meanings of causation and determinism; it discloses also that this ambiguity is transferred to the meaning of freedom.

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Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

This book, first published in 1936, divides into roughly two parts: a re-examination of historical material; and a positive theory of causation suggested by the results of this re-examination. The historical study discloses an ambiguity in the meanings of causation and determinism; it discloses also that this ambiguity is transferred to the meaning of freedom.

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Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

by Mortimer Taube
Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

Causation, Freedom and Determinism: An Attempt to Solve the Causal Problem Through a Study of its Origins in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy

by Mortimer Taube

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This book, first published in 1936, divides into roughly two parts: a re-examination of historical material; and a positive theory of causation suggested by the results of this re-examination. The historical study discloses an ambiguity in the meanings of causation and determinism; it discloses also that this ambiguity is transferred to the meaning of freedom.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781351797535
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/14/2017
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Free Will and Determinism , #1
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
File size: 246 KB

About the Author

Mortimer Taube

Table of Contents

1. Preliminary Definitions 2. The Arguments for Determinism in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy 3. Science and Determinism 4. Hume’s Scepticism in its Relation to Causation and Determinism 5. The Perception of Causal Efficacy 6. Matter, Causation and Determinism 7. Freedom and Uniformity

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