Neo-Aristotelian Perspectives on Formal Causation - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0367341204 ISBN 13 : 9780367341206

Editeur : Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0367341204
• ISBN 13: 9780367341206
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Éditeur: Jansen Ludger, Sandstad Petter
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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