Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation de Ludger Jansen

Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation: Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

Editat de Ludger Jansen, Petter Sandstad

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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.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367723361
ISBN-10: 0367723360
Pagini: 316
Ilustrații: 5 Tables, black and white; 6 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Metaphysics

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introducing Formal CausationLudger Jansen and Petter Sandstad
Part I: Scholastic Approaches to Formal Causation
Form, Intention, Information: From Scholastic Logic to Artificial IntelligenceGyula Klima
Formal Causation: Accidental and SubstantialDavid S. Oderberg
Part II: Contemporary Approaches to Formal Causation
A Non-hylomorphic Account of Formal CausationPetter Sandstad and Ludger Jansen
Formal Causes for Powers TheoristsGiacomo Giannini and Stephen Mumford
Away with Dispositional Essences in Trope TheoryJani Hakkarainen and Markku Keinänen
Functional PowersMichele Paolini Paoletti
Part III: Formal Causation and Dependence
An Aristotelian Approach to Existential DependenceBenjamin Schnieder and Jonas Werner
Finean Feature Dependence and the Aristotelian AlternativeWolfgang Sattler
A Problem for Natural-Kind Essentialism and Formal CausesJosé Tomás Alvarado and Matthew Tugby
Part IV: Formal Causation in Biology and Cognitive Sciences
Form as Cause and the Formal Cause: Aristotle’s AnswerJames G. Lennox
Form, Cause, and Explanation in Biology: A Neo-Aristotelian PerspectiveChristopher J. Austin
Formal Explanation and Mechanisms of Conceptual Representation

Sandeep Prasada

Notă biografică

Ludger Jansen teaches philosophy at the Centre for Philosophy of Science at the University of Münster and at the University of Rostock, where he was head of the project “Formal Causation in Aristotle and Analytic Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science” funded by the German Research Foundation. He is the author of Gruppen und Institutionen (2017) and Tun und Können (2015); and co-editor with Barry Smith of Biomedizinische Ontologie (2008) and with Christoph Jedan of Philosophische Anthropologie in der Antike (2010).
Petter Sandstad is a doctoral student at the University of Rostock working on Aristotelian formal causation, and was a researcher on the project “Formal Causation in Aristotle and Analytic Metaphysics and Philosophy of Science” funded by the German Research Foundation. He has published papers on Socrates and Aristotle, as well as on contemporary metaphysics.

Recenzii

'This volume collects cutting-edge work on topics of robust current interest in metaphysics, such as essentialism and hylomorphism, under the thematic heading of formal causation. Does formal causation belong in the toolbox of contemporary metaphysics? The volume might well be seen in the years to come as bringing the topic of formal causation to the forefront of discussions of kinds, essences, and hylomorphism.' – Phil Corkum, University of Alberta, Canada

Descriere

This book is devoted to Aristotelian formal causation and its relevance for contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science. It traces the historical development of formal causation and demonstrates its relevance for causation, explanation, laws of nature, functions, essence, modality, and metaphysical grounding.